On the record
In the one, their means are unstained by crimes, and their settlement favors morality; in the other, vice and confusion are in the very essence of their pursuit, and of their enjoyment.
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Edmund Burke
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Editor's note · Context
Burke contrasts the moral implications of the two revolutions, noting the virtues of one and the vices of the other.
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