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No: you know, and must know, that he who extorts from three provinces will extort from twenty, if there are twenty.
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Edmund Burke
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gutenberg.orgEdmund Burke: “No: you know, and must know, that he who extorts from three provinces will extort from twenty, if there are twenty.”
Editor's note · Context
Burke asserts that those who exploit a few will likely exploit many if given the chance.
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