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I do assure you, that, until it is entirely banished from our imaginations, (where alone it has, or can have, any existence,) we shall never cease to do ourselves the most substantial injuries.
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Edmund Burke
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Burke warns that the idea of compulsory equal taxation can lead to significant self-harm.
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