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Such saving to the public may prove the worst mode of robbing it.
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Edmund Burke
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gutenberg.orgEdmund Burke: “Such saving to the public may prove the worst mode of robbing it.”
Editor's note · Context
Burke cautions that what may seem like savings for the public could actually be detrimental.
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