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For evils of this nature there can be no perfect remedy as long as the monopoly continues.
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Edmund Burke
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gutenberg.orgEdmund Burke: “For evils of this nature there can be no perfect remedy as long as the monopoly continues.”
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Burke asserts that monopolies create persistent issues that cannot be fully resolved, even with good governance.
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