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Who could, however, doubt the frightful evils that were occasioned in our armies by that doctrine of anarchy which, under the shadow of equality of right, would establish equality of fact?
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Edmund Burke
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Editor's note · Context
Burke warns of the dangers of anarchy disguised as equality, which undermines military discipline.
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