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To avoid that evil, government will redouble the causes of it; and then it will become inveterate and incurable.
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Edmund Burke
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gutenberg.orgEdmund Burke: “To avoid that evil, government will redouble the causes of it; and then it will become inveterate and incurable.”
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Burke warns that attempts to avoid a problem can often exacerbate it, leading to more severe consequences.
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