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"Society is indeed a contract ... it becomes a participant not only between those who are living, those who are dead, and those who are to be born."

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Society Contract Born Living

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About Edmund Burke

Edmund Burke was an Anglo-Irish statesman, political thinker, and writer active in the British Parliament. His work on constitutional government and political tradition influenced modern conservatism.

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