God forbid!--my part is taken: I would take my fate with the poor and low and feeble.
Edmund Burke: “God forbid!--my part is taken: I would take my fate with the poor and low and feeble.”
Editor's note · Context
Burke expresses his commitment to stand with the poor and weak in the face of adversity.
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