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If ever any rebellion can arise against the present system, it must begin, where the Revolution which gave birth to it did, at the capital.
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Edmund Burke
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gutenberg.orgEdmund Burke: “If ever any rebellion can arise against the present system, it must begin, where the Revolution which gave birth to it…”
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Burke predicts that any potential rebellion against the current system will originate from the capital, where the Revolution began.
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