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Edmund Burke: Here was a minister tremblingly alive to his own safety, dead to that of his fellow-citizens, eager to preserve his…

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Here was a minister tremblingly alive to his own safety, dead to that of his fellow-citizens, eager to preserve his place, and worse than indifferent about its most important duties.
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Edmund Burke

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Burke critiques a minister's self-preservation at the expense of public safety during a crisis.

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