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Quote from Edmund Burke,


"Power gradually extirpates for the mind every humane and gentle virtue."


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Edmund Burke (more quotes by Edmund Burke or books by/about Edmund Burke)


(1729-1797) Irish-born British statesman, parliamentary orator, and political thinker

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Corruption, Power, Virtue

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