Edmund Burke: “I speak for myself: I do not wish any man to be converted from his…”

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I speak for myself: I do not wish any man to be converted from his sect.

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Edmund Burke

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Burke expresses his personal belief in respecting individual religious beliefs without seeking to convert others.

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Edmund Burke: “I speak for myself: I do not wish any man to be converted from his sect.”