On the record
My opinion, then, is, that public contributions ought only to be raised by the public will.
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Edmund Burke
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gutenberg.orgEdmund Burke: “My opinion, then, is, that public contributions ought only to be raised by the public will.”
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Burke argues that public contributions should reflect the collective will of the people rather than arbitrary demands.
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