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They look to the seat of power, and to the persons who fill it; and they despise those gentlemen's regulations as much as the gentlemen do who talk of them.
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Edmund Burke
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gutenberg.orgEdmund Burke: “They look to the seat of power, and to the persons who fill it; and they despise those gentlemen's regulations as much…”
Editor's note · Context
Burke notes that the oppressed people of India disregard the regulations imposed by their rulers, reflecting a deep mistrust.
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