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Quote by Edmund Burke
Mere parsimony is not economy. Expense, and great expense, may be

Mere parsimony is not economy. Expense, and great expense, may be an essential part in true economy. – Edmund Burke

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And having looked to government for bread, on the very first scarcity they will turn and bite the hand that fed them. To avoid that evil, government will redouble the causes of it; and then it will become inveterate and incurable. – Edmund Burke

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