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The Church and the State were the same after the Revolution that they were before, but better secured in every part.
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Edmund Burke
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gutenberg.orgEdmund Burke: “The Church and the State were the same after the Revolution that they were before, but better secured in every part.”
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Burke argues that both the Church and State remained intact but were better secured after the Revolution.
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