On the recordJanuary 1, 1790
The resources of public folly are soon exhausted.
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Edmund Burke
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gutenberg.orgEdmund Burke: “The resources of public folly are soon exhausted.”
Editor's note · Context
Burke delivers a concise aphorism on the finite nature of ill-conceived public policies, implying their eventual failure.
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