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Edmund Burke: “In the case of the farmer and the labourer, their interests are always the same, and it is absolutely impossible that…”

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In the case of the farmer and the labourer, their interests are always the same, and it is absolutely impossible that their free contracts can be onerous to either party.
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Edmund Burke

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Burke discusses the shared interests of farmers and laborers in their contracts.

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