On the recordJanuary 1, 1790
The military lays open the civil, and the civil betrays the military anarchy.
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Edmund Burke
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gutenberg.orgEdmund Burke: “The military lays open the civil, and the civil betrays the military anarchy.”
Editor's note · Context
In his critique of the French Revolution, Burke observes the reciprocal relationship between military and civil disorder, where each exposes the other's anarchy.
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