On the record
Adhering, Sir, as I do, to this policy, as well as for the reasons I have just given, I think this new project of hedging in population to be neither prudent nor practicable.
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Edmund Burke
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gutenberg.orgAdhering, Sir, as I do, to this policy, as well as for the reasons I have just given, I think this new project of hedging in population to be neither prudent nor practicable.
Burke critiques a policy that restricts population movement, arguing it is neither wise nor feasible.
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