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And then I run no risk in foretelling that whatever order, quiet, and morality you have in the country will be lost.
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Edmund Burke
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gutenberg.orgEdmund Burke: “And then I run no risk in foretelling that whatever order, quiet, and morality you have in the country will be lost.”
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Burke predicts that the loss of order and morality in society will follow poor leadership choices.
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