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To obtain an army for this purpose, they everywhere engage the poor by holding out to them as a bribe the spoils of the rich.
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Edmund Burke
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Burke notes that the Jacobins recruit the poor by promising them wealth taken from the rich, highlighting their manipulative tactics.
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