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Is it 'a contrivance of human wisdom,' or of human craft, to obtain money from a nation under specious pretences?
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Edmund Burke
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gutenberg.orgEdmund Burke: “Is it 'a contrivance of human wisdom,' or of human craft, to obtain money from a nation under specious pretences?”
Editor's note · Context
Burke critiques the idea of monarchy as a deceptive means for extracting resources from the populace.
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