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published in Works, vol. 2 (1899)A Letter to a Member of the National Assembly A Letter to a Noble Lord (1796), repr. in Works, vol. 5 (1899)attributed A Vindication of Natural Society (1756), repr. in Works, vol. 1 (1865)

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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

Edmund Burke (1729–1797), Irish philosopher, statesman. Letter to the Sheriffs of Bristol, vol. 2, April 3, 1777, Works.

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