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Edmund Burke: But indecision, though a vice of a totally different character, is the natural accomplice of violence.

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But indecision, though a vice of a totally different character, is the natural accomplice of violence.
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Edmund Burke

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Burke reflects on the relationship between indecision and violence in political contexts.

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