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Distrust is good, or it is bad, according to our position and our purpose.
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Edmund Burke
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gutenberg.orgEdmund Burke: “Distrust is good, or it is bad, according to our position and our purpose.”
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Burke reflects on the nature of distrust and its varying significance based on circumstances.
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