The body of the people must not find the principles of natural subordination by art rooted out of their minds.
Edmund Burke: “The body of the people must not find the principles of natural subordination by art rooted out of their minds.”
Editor's note · Context
In his argument for social stability, this sentence warns against eradicating the natural principles of subordination from the minds of the populace.
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