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Quotation from Reflections on the Revolution in France by Edmund Burke
“We know, and, what is better, we feel inwardly, that religion is the basis of civil society, and the source of all good, and of all comfort.”
Reflections on the Revolution in France, On the Church establishment (Nimmo edition of Burke's Works, vol. 3, Project Gutenberg text)
The opening of Burke's defence of the established Church of England.
Citation: "We know, and, what is better, we feel inwardly, that religion is the basis of civil society, and the source of all good, and of all comfort." — Edmund Burke, Reflections on the Revolution in France, On the Church establishment (Nimmo edition of Burke's Works, vol. 3, Project Gutenberg text). (id reflections-on-the-revolution-in-france-q7)
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