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Society cannot exist unless a controlling power upon will and appetite be placed somewhere, and the less of it there is within, the more there must be without.

Edmund Burke

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Edmund Burke
Age: 68 †
Born: 1729
Born: January 12
Died: 1797
Died: July 9
Philosopher
Politician
Statesman
Writer
Dublin city
Within
Controlling
Society
Placed
Upon
Virtuous
Less
Appetite
Cannot
Somewhere
Power
Exist
Without
Unless
Must
Liberty

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