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If it were not for this, all the questions of exact equality, and these balances, never to be settled, of individual rights, population, and contribution, would be wholly useless.
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Edmund Burke
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gutenberg.orgIf it were not for this, all the questions of exact equality, and these balances, never to be settled, of individual rights, population, and contribution, would be wholly useless.
Burke emphasizes the importance of equality and representation in governance.
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