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It would reform, not by destroying, but by saving, the great, the rich, and the powerful.
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Edmund Burke
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gutenberg.orgEdmund Burke: “It would reform, not by destroying, but by saving, the great, the rich, and the powerful.”
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Burke believes that reform should focus on preserving and improving the influential classes rather than destroying them.
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