Men without their choice derive benefits from that association; without their choice they are subjected to duties in consequence of these benefits; and without their choice they enter into a virtual obligation as binding as any that is actual.
Burke argues that individuals are bound by duties that arise from their benefits within society, even if they did not choose them.
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