Saturday, March 17, 2012

It is a general popular error to suppose the loudest complainers for the publick to be the most anxious for its welfare.

Edmund Burke: Observations on a Late Publication on the Present State of the Nation (1769)
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  1. Stephen DownesMarch 19, 2012 at 11:20 AM

    It is in general not an error to suppose that the loudest complainers for the publick are the least anxious for its welfare. -- Downes

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