On the recordJanuary 1, 1790
The many must be the dupes of the few who conduct the machine of these speculations.
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Edmund Burke
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gutenberg.orgEdmund Burke: “The many must be the dupes of the few who conduct the machine of these speculations.”
Editor's note · Context
From his critique of the French Revolution, this passage highlights the manipulation of the populace by financial speculators.
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