If the people are happy, united, wealthy, and powerful, we presume the…

Edmund Burke
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If the people are happy, united, wealthy, and powerful, we presume the rest. We conclude that to be good from whence good is derived. ✨ Edmund Burke (1852). The Works and Correspondance of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, p.292
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If the people are happy, united, wealthy, and powerful, we presume the rest. We conclude that to be good from whence good is derived. ✨ Edmund Burke (1852). The Works and Correspondance of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, p.292

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