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Edmund Burke: But this I am sure of: that a consideration of influence has hindered any one from attempting to pull them down.

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But this I am sure of: that a consideration of influence has hindered any one from attempting to pull them down.
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Edmund Burke

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Burke asserts that concerns about influence have prevented efforts to dismantle outdated institutions.

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