On the recordJanuary 1, 1790
Deserters from principle, listed with fortune, they never see any good in suffering virtue, nor any crime in prosperous usurpation.
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Edmund Burke
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gutenberg.orgEdmund Burke: “Deserters from principle, listed with fortune, they never see any good in suffering virtue, nor any crime in prosperous…”
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Criticizing those who abandon their principles for self-interest, Burke observes that such individuals fail to recognize virtue in suffering or crime in successful usurpation.
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