Make the Revolution a parent of settlement, and not a nursery of futur…

Edmund Burke
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Make the Revolution a parent of settlement, and not a nursery of future revolutions. ✨ 'Reflections on the Revolution in France' (1790) p. 38
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Make the Revolution a parent of settlement, and not a nursery of future revolutions. ✨ 'Reflections on the Revolution in France' (1790) p. 38

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