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This lust of party power is the liberty they hunger and thirst for; and this Siren song of ambition has charmed ears that one would have thought were never organized to that sort of music.
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Edmund Burke
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gutenberg.orgEdmund Burke: “This lust of party power is the liberty they hunger and thirst for; and this Siren song of ambition has charmed ears…”
Editor's note · Context
Burke critiques the desire for party power as a misguided form of liberty that many pursue.
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