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Edmund Burke

When bad men combine, the good must associate else they will fall one by one, an unpitied sacrifice in a contemptible struggle.

Edmund Burke

Politics

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Edmund Burke is saying that when harmful or dishonest people work together, those who are honest and good need to join forces as well to protect themselves. Otherwise, the good individuals will be defeated individually without support, suffering alone in a fight that others will look down on.

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