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The same lazy but restless disposition, which loves sloth and hates quiet, directs these politicians, when they come to work for supplying the place of what they have destroyed.
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Edmund Burke
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Burke critiques politicians who prefer chaos over stability, highlighting their destructive tendencies.
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