On the recordJanuary 1, 1790
With regard to the person who cannot come up to your market, a tyrannous aristocracy, as against him, is established at the very outset, by you who pretend to be its sworn foe.
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Edmund Burke
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From his critique of the French Revolution, on how the new system's qualifications create an aristocracy despite claims of equality.
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