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Quotation from Reflections on the Revolution in France by Edmund Burke
“To be attached to the subdivision, to love the little platoon we belong to in society, is the first principle (the germ, as it were) of public affections.”
Reflections on the Revolution in France, On the composition of the National Assembly (Nimmo edition of Burke's Works, vol. 3, Project Gutenberg text)
Burke contrasts the ambition that despises its own order with the affection for small groups from which love of country grows.
Citation: "To be attached to the subdivision, to love the little platoon we belong to in society, is the first principle (the germ, as it were) of public affections." — Edmund Burke, Reflections on the Revolution in France, On the composition of the National Assembly (Nimmo edition of Burke's Works, vol. 3, Project Gutenberg text). (id reflections-on-the-revolution-in-france-q3)
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