I am not one of those who think that the people are never in the wrong. They have been so, frequently and outrageously, both in other countries and in this.
— Edmund Burke Early Modern

Conservatism founder

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Speech on the Economical Reform

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1780

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Humorous

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https://www.gutenberg.org/files/15003/15003-h/15003-h.htm

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