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But timidity with regard to the well-being of our country is heroic virtue.
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Edmund Burke
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gutenberg.orgEdmund Burke: “But timidity with regard to the well-being of our country is heroic virtue.”
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Burke presents a paradoxical view that timidity concerning national welfare can be seen as a noble quality.
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