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In order that the people, after a long period of vexation and plunder, may be in a condition to maintain government, government must begin by maintaining them.
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Edmund Burke
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gutenberg.orgEdmund Burke: “In order that the people, after a long period of vexation and plunder, may be in a condition to maintain government…”
Editor's note · Context
Burke argues that a government must first support its people to ensure stability and governance can be maintained.
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