On the recordJanuary 1, 1790
Impious men do not recommend themselves to their communion by iniquity and cruelty towards any description of their fellow-creatures.
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Edmund Burke
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In his reflections on the French Revolution, Burke describes the characteristics that do not align with religious community.
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