On the recordJanuary 1, 1790
Thus, by preserving the method of Nature in the conduct of the state, in what we improve we are never wholly new, in what we retain we are never wholly obsolete.
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Edmund Burke
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Burke argues that by following natural principles in governance, societies can achieve improvement without radical rupture and maintain tradition without becoming outdated.
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