On the recordJanuary 1, 1790
But in this, as well as almost every instance, your new commonwealth is born and bred and fed in those corruptions which mark degenerated and worn-out republics.
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Edmund Burke
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In his critique of the French Revolution, Burke asserts that the new French state is inherently flawed, mirroring the corruptions of failing republics.
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