You had that action and counteraction which, in the natural and in the…

Edmund Burke
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You had that action and counteraction which, in the natural and in the political world, from the reciprocal struggle of discordant powers draws out the harmony of the universe. ✨ Edmund Burke (1804). Maxims and opinions, moral, political and economical, with characters, from the works of ... Edmund Burke, p.148
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