On the recordJanuary 1, 1790
Those whose operations can take from or add ten per cent to the possessions of every man in France must be the masters of every man in France.
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Edmund Burke
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gutenberg.orgEdmund Burke: “Those whose operations can take from or add ten per cent to the possessions of every man in France must be the masters…”
Editor's note · Context
From his critique of the French Revolution, this passage asserts that economic control translates directly into political mastery over the populace.
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