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What is it that they will not pull down, when they are lifted to heaven against their oppressors?
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Edmund Burke
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gutenberg.orgEdmund Burke: “What is it that they will not pull down, when they are lifted to heaven against their oppressors?”
Editor's note · Context
Burke poses a rhetorical question about the potential for oppressed people to rise against their oppressors, emphasizing their strength.
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