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There is a time when the hoary head of inveterate abuse will neither draw reverence nor obtain protection.
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Edmund Burke
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gutenberg.orgEdmund Burke: “There is a time when the hoary head of inveterate abuse will neither draw reverence nor obtain protection.”
Editor's note · Context
Burke argues that long-standing abuses will eventually lose their power to command respect.
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