On the recordJanuary 1, 1790
With these philosophic financiers, this universal medicine made of Church mummy is to cure all the evils of the state.
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Edmund Burke
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gutenberg.orgEdmund Burke: “With these philosophic financiers, this universal medicine made of Church mummy is to cure all the evils of the state.”
Editor's note · Context
Burke sarcastically describes the French revolutionaries' belief that confiscating church property will solve all the state's financial problems.
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