Established Church, the, should be powerful, but comprehensive and tolerant, vii. 36.
Edmund Burke: “Established Church, the, should be powerful, but comprehensive and tolerant, vii. 36.”
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Burke advocates for a powerful yet tolerant established church in society.
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