Edmund Burke: “Religion, that held the materials of the fabric together, was first…”

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Religion, that held the materials of the fabric together, was first systematically loosened.

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Edmund Burke

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Burke discusses the erosion of religion's role in maintaining societal structure.

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Edmund Burke: “Religion, that held the materials of the fabric together, was first systematically loosened.”