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Quotation from Reflections on the Revolution in France by Edmund Burke
“it becomes a partnership not only between those who are living, but between those who are living, those who are dead, and those who are to be born.”
Reflections on the Revolution in France, On the Church establishment and the social contract (Nimmo edition of Burke's Works, vol. 3, Project Gutenberg text)
Burke's redefinition of the social contract as a partnership across generations rather than a revocable agreement of present parties.
Citation: "it becomes a partnership not only between those who are living, but between those who are living, those who are dead, and those who are to be born." — Edmund Burke, Reflections on the Revolution in France, On the Church establishment and the social contract (Nimmo edition of Burke's Works, vol. 3, Project Gutenberg text). (id reflections-on-the-revolution-in-france-q8)
Portrait: BurkeReflections, Edmund Burke (1729-1797), Public domain.
