On the record
The distempers of the state are grown to such a degree of violence and malignity as to render all ordinary remedies vain and frivolous.
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Edmund Burke
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gutenberg.orgEdmund Burke: “The distempers of the state are grown to such a degree of violence and malignity as to render all ordinary remedies vain…”
Editor's note · Context
He describes the severity of the state's issues, indicating that normal solutions are ineffective.
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