On the recordJanuary 1, 1790
They have left nothing but their own arbitrary pleasure to determine what property is to be protected and what subverted.
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Edmund Burke
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gutenberg.orgEdmund Burke: “They have left nothing but their own arbitrary pleasure to determine what property is to be protected and what…”
Editor's note · Context
Burke criticizes the French revolutionaries for establishing a system where property rights are subject to their arbitrary will rather than established law.
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