The most favourable laws can do very little towards the happiness of p…

Edmund Burke
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The most favourable laws can do very little towards the happiness of people when the disposition of the ruling power is adverse to them. ✨ Edmund Burke (1852). The Works and Correspondence Of...Edmund Burke, p.73
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