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But nothing has been done to make us feel in what manner the safety of that government is connected with the principle and with the issue of this war.
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Edmund Burke
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gutenberg.orgEdmund Burke: “But nothing has been done to make us feel in what manner the safety of that government is connected with the principle…”
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Burke stresses the need to understand how the war's outcome is linked to the safety of the government.
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