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A very great part of the mischiefs that vex the world arises from words.
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Edmund Burke
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gutenberg.orgEdmund Burke: “A very great part of the mischiefs that vex the world arises from words.”
Editor's note · Context
Burke notes that many of the world's problems stem from the misuse of language.
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