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	In effect, to follow, not to force the public inclination; to give a direction, a form, a technical dress, and a specific sanction, to the general sense of the community, is the true end of legislature. Edmund Burke Vote on this Quote: Bad <---> Good
	Type: Statesman Quotes Category: Irish Statesman Quotes Date of Birth: January 12, 1729 Date of Death: July 9, 1797 Nationality: Irish Amazon: Edmund Burke on Amazon	Related Authors: Abu Bakr Benjamin Disraeli Edmund Burke Lord Chesterfield Lucius Annaeus Seneca Marcus Tullius Cicero Morning Star Winston Churchill
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