It is better to cherish virtue and humanity, by leaving much to free w…

Edmund Burke
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It is better to cherish virtue and humanity, by leaving much to free will, even with some loss of the object , than to attempt to make men mere machines and instruments of political benevolence. The world on the whole will gain by a liberty, without which virtue cannot exist. ✨ Edmund Burke (1999). The Portable Edmund Burke, p.433, Penguin
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