People will not look forward to posterity, who never look backward to their ancestors. — Edmund Burke
People will not look forward to posterity, who never look backward to their ancestors.
Reflections on the Revolution in France · 1790
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Burke, Edmund. "Reflections on the Revolution in France." The Portable Edmund Burke, edited by Isaac Kramnick. Penguin, 2009.
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Burke, Edmund. Reflections on the Revolution in France. London: James Dodsley, 1790.
