You had that action and counteraction which, in the natural and in
the political world, from the reciprocal struggle of discordant powers
draws out the harmony of the universe.
-- Edmund Burke (1729-1797)
-- Reflections on the Revolution in France, Vol. iii, p. 277
the political world, from the reciprocal struggle of discordant powers
draws out the harmony of the universe.
-- Edmund Burke (1729-1797)
-- Reflections on the Revolution in France, Vol. iii, p. 277
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