Tuesday, March 19, 2019

Little platoons

“To be attached to the subdivision, to love the little platoon we belong to in society, is the first principle (the germ as it were) of public affections. It is the first link in the series by which we proceed towards a love to our country, and to mankind.”
-Edmund Burke, Reflections on the Revolution in France



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