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The ruin that has overtaken this country is not to be wondered at, when it is considered that there has been no state, no stable government, for many years.
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Edmund Burke
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gutenberg.orgEdmund Burke: “The ruin that has overtaken this country is not to be wondered at, when it is considered that there has been no state…”
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Burke comments on the lack of stable governance leading to the ruin of the country.
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