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No conscientious man would willingly establish what he knew to be false and mischievous in religion, or in anything else.
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Edmund Burke
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gutenberg.orgEdmund Burke: “No conscientious man would willingly establish what he knew to be false and mischievous in religion, or in anything…”
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Burke asserts that no conscientious individual would knowingly promote falsehoods in religion or any other area.
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