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If a father of a family should show any disposition to resist or to withdraw himself from their power, his wife and children are cruelly to answer for it.
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Edmund Burke
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gutenberg.orgEdmund Burke: “If a father of a family should show any disposition to resist or to withdraw himself from their power, his wife and…”
Editor's note · Context
This quote illustrates the extreme measures taken against families in a tyrannical system, where a father's resistance endangers his loved ones.
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