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I know, too, the obstinacy of unbelief in those perverted minds which have no delight but in contemplating the supposed distress and predicting the immediate ruin of their country.
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Edmund Burke
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Burke reflects on the stubbornness of those who only focus on negative outcomes for their country.
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