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Assemblies that are met, and with a resolution to be all of a mind, are assemblies that can have no opinion at all of their own.
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Edmund Burke
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Editor's note · Context
Burke critiques assemblies that seek unanimous agreement, suggesting they lack true individual opinions.
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