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A ministry of another kind would have first improved the country, and have thus laid a solid foundation for future opulence and future force.
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Edmund Burke
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gutenberg.orgEdmund Burke: “A ministry of another kind would have first improved the country, and have thus laid a solid foundation for future…”
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Burke advocates for a ministry that improves the country to ensure future prosperity.
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