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It was a prodigal court, it was an ill-ordered revenue, that sapped the foundations of all her greatness.
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Edmund Burke
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gutenberg.orgEdmund Burke: “It was a prodigal court, it was an ill-ordered revenue, that sapped the foundations of all her greatness.”
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Burke critiques the extravagance of the French court as a fundamental cause of its decline.
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