Edmund Burke: “This lesson is taught through almost all the important pages of…”

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This lesson is taught through almost all the important pages of history; but never has it been taught so clearly and so awfully as at this hour.

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Edmund Burke

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Burke emphasizes the lessons of history, particularly in relation to the current political climate of his time.

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It is the greatest of all possible evils; for it is folly, vice, and madness, without tuition or restraint.

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Edmund Burke: “This lesson is taught through almost all the important pages of history; but never has it been taught so clearly and so…”