He waits the moment when the passions give way; he waits till reason shall preside, and till the multitude shall listen to her voice.
Edmund Burke: “He waits the moment when the passions give way; he waits till reason shall preside, and till the multitude shall listen…”
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Burke describes the patience required for reason to prevail over passion in public discourse.
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