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Edmund Burke: “Above all, good men do not suspect that their destruction is attempted through their virtues.”

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Above all, good men do not suspect that their destruction is attempted through their virtues.
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Edmund Burke

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Burke highlights the irony that good people often do not realize their virtues can be exploited by their enemies.

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