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I like to see your estates as great as they are; I wish they were greater than they are; but whatever they are, I wish, above all that they should be perpetual.
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Edmund Burke
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gutenberg.orgEdmund Burke: “I like to see your estates as great as they are; I wish they were greater than they are; but whatever they are, I wish…”
Editor's note · Context
Burke expresses his desire for the perpetuity of estates, emphasizing their importance.
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