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Proceed in what you do, whatever you do, from policy, and not from rancor.
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Edmund Burke
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gutenberg.orgEdmund Burke: “Proceed in what you do, whatever you do, from policy, and not from rancor.”
Editor's note · Context
Burke emphasizes the importance of acting with reason rather than emotion in political matters.
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