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Quotation from Reflections on the Revolution in France by Edmund Burke
“What is the use of discussing a man's abstract right to food or medicine? The question is upon the method of procuring and administering them.”
Reflections on the Revolution in France, On the real rights of men (Nimmo edition of Burke's Works, vol. 3, Project Gutenberg text)
Burke argues that political rights, like the right to food or medicine, matter only through the practical means of supplying them.
Citation: "What is the use of discussing a man's abstract right to food or medicine? The question is upon the method of procuring and administering them." — Edmund Burke, Reflections on the Revolution in France, On the real rights of men (Nimmo edition of Burke's Works, vol. 3, Project Gutenberg text). (id reflections-on-the-revolution-in-france-q4)
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