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Edmund Burke: This I take to be a fair description of the principles and leading maxims of the enlightened of our day who are commonly…

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This I take to be a fair description of the principles and leading maxims of the enlightened of our day who are commonly called Jacobins.
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Edmund Burke

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Burke provides a characterization of the principles held by the Jacobins, reflecting his critical view of their ideology.

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