On the recordJanuary 1, 1790
Revolutions are favorable to confiscation; and it is impossible to know under what obnoxious names the next confiscations will be authorized.
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Edmund Burke
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From his critique of the French Revolution, Burke warns about the inherent dangers of revolutionary change leading to property seizure.
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