"You have theories enough concerning the Rights of Men. It may not be amiss to add a small degree of attention to their Nature and disposition."
— Edmund Burke

January 1, 1970

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Letter to Charles-Jean-François Depont (November 1789), quoted in Alfred Cobban and Robert A. Smith (eds.), The Correspondence of Edmund Burke, Volume VI: July 1789–December 1791 (1967), p. 46