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Circumstances ... give in reality to every political principle its distinguishing colour and discriminating effect. The circumstances are what render every civil and political scheme beneficial or noxious to mankind. - Edmund Burke Attribution: Edmund Burke (1729–1797), Irish philosopher, statesman. Reflections on the Revolution in France (1790).

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• Edmund Burke dies
• Edmund Burke publishes Reflections on the Revolution in France and on the Proceedings in Certain Societies in London Relative to that Event
• Edmund Burke publishes Conciliation speech is delivered before Parliament
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