On the recordJanuary 1, 1790
With you, in your improved state of the human mind, there was no such formality.
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Edmund Burke
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gutenberg.orgEdmund Burke: “With you, in your improved state of the human mind, there was no such formality.”
Editor's note · Context
In a sarcastic critique of the French Revolution, Burke contrasts the revolutionaries' lack of justification for confiscation with the formal pretexts used by ancient tyrants.
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