Edmund Burke: “The army will not long look to an Assembly acting through the organ of…”

On the recordJanuary 1, 1790

The army will not long look to an Assembly acting through the organ of false show and palpable imposition.

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Edmund Burke

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In his critique of the French Revolution, he predicts that the army will eventually lose respect for an Assembly that governs through pretense.

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Edmund Burke: “The army will not long look to an Assembly acting through the organ of false show and palpable imposition.”