--- title: "29 Edmund Burke Quotes by 26 authors" description: "Browse 29 Edmund Burke quotes by 26 authors. Discover the best Edmund Burke sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a5a/tracey-schubert-284142_biblical-prophecy_all-that-is-required-for-the-forces-of-e_652482.jpg" --- > [“All that is required for the Forces of Evil to triumph is for the Good People to do Nothing." Edmund Burke”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tracey-schubert/all-that-is-required-for-the-forces-of-evil-to-triumph-is-for-the/) [Tracey Schubert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tracey-schubert/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a5a/tracey-schubert-284142_biblical-prophecy_all-that-is-required-for-the-forces-of-e_652482.jpg) > [The die-hard opinions of George III couched in the language of Edmund Burke.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stanley-baldwin/the-die-hard-opinions-of-george-iii-couched-in-the-language-of-edmund/) [Stanley Baldwin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stanley-baldwin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/55f/stanley-baldwin-16332_dies_the-die-hard-opinions-of-george-iii-couc_290128.png) > [“Evil flourishes when good men do nothing. —SHARON WALL, QUOTING EDMUND BURKE”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lisa-pulitzer/evil-flourishes-when-good-men-do-nothing-sharon-wall-quoting-edmund/) [Lisa Pulitzer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lisa-pulitzer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/683/lisa-pulitzer-49456_evil_evil-flourishes-when-good-men-do-nothing_280926.jpg) > [All that is necessary for evil to succeed is for good men to do nothing. -Edmund Burke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/call-of-duty/all-that-is-necessary-for-evil-to-succeed-is-for-good-men-to-do-2/) [Call Of Duty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/call-of-duty/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/da6/call-of-duty-23107_evil_all-that-is-necessary-for-evil-to-succee_2478068.jpg) > [“Those who don’t know history are destined to repeat it. —EDMUND BURKE”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jorge-cruise/those-who-don-t-know-history-are-destined-to-repeat-it-edmund-burke/) [Jorge Cruise](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jorge-cruise/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c2f/jorge-cruise-34933_history_those-who-don-t-know-history-are-destine_466010.jpg) > [A strong nation is one that is loved by its people and, as Edmund Burke put it, for a country to be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ronald-reagan/a-strong-nation-is-one-that-is-loved-by-its-people-and-as-edmund/) [Ronald Reagan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ronald-reagan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/24c/ronald-reagan-119_conservative_a-strong-nation-is-one-that-is-loved-by_2534788.jpg) > [“All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing. —Edmund Burke”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christine-kling/all-that-is-necessary-for-the-triumph-of-evil-is-that-good-men-do/) [Christine Kling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christine-kling/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/941/christine-kling-69784_triumph-of-evil_all-that-is-necessary-for-the-triumph-of_1695444.jpg) > [“misquote Edmund Burke rather than Milton. All that is necessary for the forces of evil to win in the world is for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kate-atkinson/misquote-edmund-burke-rather-than-milton-all-that-is-necessary-for/) [Kate Atkinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kate-atkinson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7e7/kate-atkinson-1265_evil_misquote-edmund-burke-rather-than-milton_161395.jpg) > [“The philosopher Edmund Burke said “there is a boundary to men’s passions when they act from feelings; but none when they are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sean-patrick/the-philosopher-edmund-burke-said-there-is-a-boundary-to-men-s/) [Sean Patrick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sean-patrick/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/13e/sean-patrick-6007_imagination_the-philosopher-edmund-burke-said-there_499985.jpg) > [Vernon Bogdanor's account The Monarchy and the Constitution is written as much in the shadow of Edmund Burke as it is of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-cannadine/vernon-bogdanor-s-account-the-monarchy-and-the-constitution-is/) [David Cannadine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-cannadine/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c1b/david-cannadine-27126_accounts_vernon-bogdanor-s-account-the-monarchy-a_1635971.jpg) > [“The real social contract, (Edmund Burke) argued, was not Rousseau's social contract between the noble savage and the General Will, but a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/niall-ferguson/the-real-social-contract-edmund-burke-argued-was-not-rousseau-s/) [Niall Ferguson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/niall-ferguson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/566/niall-ferguson-3627_heritage_the-real-social-contract-edmund-burke-ar_1042705.png) > [“Davy’s work in Bristol came under attack by conservative politicians, including the famous Irish MP Edmund Burke, who accused the gas experiments…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-kurlansky/davy-s-work-in-bristol-came-under-attack-by-conservative-politicians/) [Mark Kurlansky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-kurlansky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f1f/mark-kurlansky-1988_french-revolution_davy-s-work-in-bristol-came-under-attack_642739.png) > [“With absolute power, corruption and evil seep in humanity, and that evil continues to flourish as the good of humankind lies idle…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/with-absolute-power-corruption-and-evil-seep-in-humanity-and-that/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8e0/anonymous-1_absolute-power_with-absolute-power-corruption-and-evil_161844.jpg) > [“The philosopher Edmund Burke said “there is a boundary to men’s passions when they act from feelings; but none when they are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sean-patrick/the-philosopher-edmund-burke-said-there-is-a-boundary-to-men-s-2/) [Sean Patrick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sean-patrick/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f5d/sean-patrick-6007_imagination_the-philosopher-edmund-burke-said-there_792011.jpg) > [“Edmund Burke once described society as a partnership between the dead, the living, and the yet unborn. It is difficult to see…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fareed-zakaria/edmund-burke-once-described-society-as-a-partnership-between-the-dead/) [Fareed Zakaria](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fareed-zakaria/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e3d/fareed-zakaria-3805_life_edmund-burke-once-described-society-as-a_2497229.png) > [ “\[They\] may have for instance taken the view of Edmund Burke, who in the 18th century made the central conservative insight; that… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-murray/they-may-have-for-instance-taken-the-view-of-edmund-burke-who-in-the/) [Douglas Murray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-murray/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/55e/douglas-murray-12950_civilization_they-may-have-for-instance-taken-the-vie_1240371.jpg) > [“About this time I came across Edmund Burke’s quote “All that is necessary for evil to triumph is for good men to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/debby-irving/about-this-time-i-came-across-edmund-burke-s-quote-all-that-is/) [Debby Irving](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/debby-irving/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4ad/debby-irving-25569_racism_about-this-time-i-came-across-edmund-bur_1977927.jpg) > [“There can be no freedom without order, and there is no order without virtue. Now, that’s a simple enough formulation, but it’s…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ronald-reagan/there-can-be-no-freedom-without-order-and-there-is-no-order-without/) [Ronald Reagan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ronald-reagan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fa8/ronald-reagan-119_founding-fathers_there-can-be-no-freedom-without-order-an_3008336.jpg) > [“The great milestones of civilization always have the whiff of utopia about them at first. According to renowned sociologist Albert Hirschman, utopias…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rutger-bregman/the-great-milestones-of-civilization-always-have-the-whiff-of-utopia/) [Rutger Bregman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rutger-bregman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b59/rutger-bregman-2463_long-ago_the-great-milestones-of-civilization-alw_2026208.jpg) > [“Horse Frightened by a Lion depicts a majestic stallion in a very different situation. Stubbs painted this magnetic masterpiece to illustrate the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/winifred-gallagher/horse-frightened-by-a-lion-depicts-a-majestic-stallion-in-a-very/) [Winifred Gallagher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/winifred-gallagher/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4d2/winifred-gallagher-23647_fear_horse-frightened-by-a-lion-depicts-a-maj_2727495.jpg) > [“The Nazis were meticulous in creating a legal framework for their persecution of the Jews. This was gradually built up from 1933…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/agnes-grunwald-spier/the-nazis-were-meticulous-in-creating-a-legal-framework-for-their/) [Agnes Grunwald-Spier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/agnes-grunwald-spier/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f1d/agnes-grunwald-spier-82756_conciliation_the-nazis-were-meticulous-in-creating-a_2979329.jpg) > [“English political sagacity is compounded of instinctive reactions to immediate situations and a wisdom, gained by cumulative experience, which guides instinct through…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/reinhold-neibuhr/english-political-sagacity-is-compounded-of-instinctive-reactions-to/) [Reinhold Neibuhr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/reinhold-neibuhr/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/352/reinhold-neibuhr-94696_natural-rights_english-political-sagacity-is-compounded_2003403.jpg) > [“Many people are miserable because they think that occasional destructive feelings necessarily make them terrible persons. But just as Aristotle maintained, “One…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joshua-loth-liebman/many-people-are-miserable-because-they-think-that-occasional/) [Joshua Loth Liebman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joshua-loth-liebman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2d6/joshua-loth-liebman-35005_humility_many-people-are-miserable-because-they-t_335353.jpg) > [“The philosopher Edmund Burke said “there is a boundary to men’s passions when they act from feelings; but none when they are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sean-patrick/the-philosopher-edmund-burke-said-there-is-a-boundary-to-men-s-3/) [Sean Patrick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sean-patrick/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8c4/sean-patrick-6007_dare-to-dream_the-philosopher-edmund-burke-said-there_1090846.jpg) > [“sight. In his essay On The Sublime, Edmund Burke observes, "Represent the most sublime and affecting tragedy we have...and when you have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-myerson/sight-in-his-essay-on-the-sublime-edmund-burke-observes-represent-the/) [Daniel Myerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-myerson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/592/daniel-myerson-93010_psychology_sight-in-his-essay-on-the-sublime-edmund_2648541.jpg) > [“Elected fifth president of the United States, Monroe transformed a fragile little nation - "a savage wilderness," as Edmund Burke put it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harlow-giles-unger/elected-fifth-president-of-the-united-states-monroe-transformed-a/) [Harlow Giles Unger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harlow-giles-unger/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/815/harlow-giles-unger-57502_george-w_elected-fifth-president-of-the-united-st_1939747.jpg) > [“Government is a contrivance of human wisdom to provide for human wants," wrote Edmund Burke in his Reflections on the Revolution in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/deborah-stone/government-is-a-contrivance-of-human-wisdom-to-provide-for-human/) [Deborah Stone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/deborah-stone/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cb8/deborah-stone-90472_collective-responsib_government-is-a-contrivance-of-human-wis_507884.jpg) > [“Books are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible and wisest of counselors, and the most patient…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/multiple/books-are-the-quietest-and-most-constant-of-friends-they-are-the-most-2/) [Multiple](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/multiple/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/18f/multiple-158312_books_books-are-the-quietest-and-most-constant_1672587.jpg) > [“The prominent British statesman and scholar Edmund Burke (1729–1797) emphasized another fundamental characteristic of the civil society—valuing human experience, tradition, and custom.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-r-levin/the-prominent-british-statesman-and-scholar-edmund-burke-1729-1797/) [Mark R. 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Few stories better illustrate this than the life of the father of the modern world, a man of”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Sean Patrick" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sean-patrick/the-philosopher-edmund-burke-said-there-is-a-boundary-to-men-s-3/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8c4/sean-patrick-6007_dare-to-dream_the-philosopher-edmund-burke-said-there_1090846.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8c4/sean-patrick-6007_dare-to-dream_the-philosopher-edmund-burke-said-there_1090846.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8c4/sean-patrick-6007_dare-to-dream_the-philosopher-edmund-burke-said-there_1090846.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The philosopher Edmund Burke said “there is a boundary to men’s passions when they act from feelings; but…” — Sean Patrick", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 25, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“sight. In his essay On The Sublime, Edmund Burke observes, \"Represent the most sublime and affecting tragedy we have...and when you have collected your audience, just at the moment when their minds are filled with expectation, let it be reported that a criminal is on the point of being executed in the adjoining square...\" And in a moment, the theater will be empty. In these bloody rituals of execution and repression, the leader becomes the ancient God-King stepping forward to save his people, a promise as dangerous as it is seductive.  If there is one lesson we can take away from the extravagant lives of our tyrants it is the fragility of our democratic society which, after all, is the exception, not the norm, in that dark, violent story known as human history.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Daniel Myerson" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-myerson/sight-in-his-essay-on-the-sublime-edmund-burke-observes-represent-the/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/592/daniel-myerson-93010_psychology_sight-in-his-essay-on-the-sublime-edmund_2648541.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/592/daniel-myerson-93010_psychology_sight-in-his-essay-on-the-sublime-edmund_2648541.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/592/daniel-myerson-93010_psychology_sight-in-his-essay-on-the-sublime-edmund_2648541.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“sight. In his essay On The Sublime, Edmund Burke observes, \"Represent the most sublime and affecting tragedy…” — Daniel Myerson", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 26, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Elected fifth president of the United States, Monroe transformed a fragile little nation - \"a savage wilderness,\" as Edmund Burke put it - into \"a glorious empire.\" Although George Washington had won the nation's independence, he bequeathed a relatively small country, rent by political factions, beset by foreign enemies, populated by a largely unskilled, unpropertied people, and ruled by oligarchs who controlled most of the nation's land and wealth. Washington's three successors - John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, and James Madison - were mere caretaker presidents who left the nation bankrupt, its people deeply divided, its borders under attack, its capital city in ashes.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Harlow Giles Unger" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harlow-giles-unger/elected-fifth-president-of-the-united-states-monroe-transformed-a/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/815/harlow-giles-unger-57502_george-w_elected-fifth-president-of-the-united-st_1939747.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/815/harlow-giles-unger-57502_george-w_elected-fifth-president-of-the-united-st_1939747.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/815/harlow-giles-unger-57502_george-w_elected-fifth-president-of-the-united-st_1939747.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Elected fifth president of the United States, Monroe transformed a fragile little nation - \"a savage…” — Harlow Giles Unger", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 27, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Government is a contrivance of human wisdom to provide for human wants,\" wrote Edmund Burke in his Reflections on the Revolution in France. In the original and primary sense of lacks or needs, wants tend to structure our vision of government's responsibilities. The quest for security - whether economic, physical, psychological, or military - brings a sense of urgency to politics and is one of the enduring sources of passion in policy controversies. Need is probably the most fundamental political claim. Even toddlers know that need carries more weight than desire or deservingness. They learn early to counter a rejected request by pleading, \"I need it.\" To claim need is to claim that one should be given the resources or help because they are essential. Of course, this raises the question \"essential for what?\" In conflicts over security, the central issues are what kind of security government should attempt to provide; what kinds of needs it should attempt to meet; and how the burdens of making security a collective responsibility should be distributed. Just as most people are all for equity and efficiency in the abstract, most people believe that society should help individuals and families when they are in dire need. But beneath this consensus is a turbulent and intense conflict over how to distinguish need from mere desire, and how to preserve a work - or - merit based system of economic distribution in the face of distribution according to need. Defining need for purposes of public programs become much an exercise like defining equity and efficiency. People try to portray their needs as being objective, and policymakers seek to portray their program criteria as objective, in order to put programs beyond political dispute. As with equity and efficiency, there are certain recurring strategies of argument that can be used to expand or contract a needs claim. In defense policy, relative need is far more important than absolute. Our sense of national security (and hence our need for weapons) depends entirely on comparison with the countries we perceive as enemies. And here Keynes is probably right: The need for weapons can only be satisfied by feeling superior to \"them.\" Thus, it doesn't matter how many people our warheads can kill or how many cities they can destroy. What matters is what retaliatory capacity we have left after an attack by the other side, or whether our capacity to sustain an offense is greater than their capacity to destroy it. The paradox of nuclear weapons is that the more security we gain in terms of absolute capability (i.e., kill potential), the more insecure we make ourselves with respect to the consequences of nuclear explosions. We gain superiority only by producing weapons we ourselves are terrified to use.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Deborah Stone" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/deborah-stone/government-is-a-contrivance-of-human-wisdom-to-provide-for-human/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cb8/deborah-stone-90472_collective-responsib_government-is-a-contrivance-of-human-wis_507884.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cb8/deborah-stone-90472_collective-responsib_government-is-a-contrivance-of-human-wis_507884.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cb8/deborah-stone-90472_collective-responsib_government-is-a-contrivance-of-human-wis_507884.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Government is a contrivance of human wisdom to provide for human wants,\" wrote Edmund Burke in his…” — Deborah Stone", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 28, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Books are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible and wisest of counselors, and the most patient of teachers. ~Charles W. Eliot Books let us into their souls and lay open to us the secrets of our own. ~William Hazlitt The smallest bookstore still contains more ideas of worth than have been presented in the entire history of television. ~Andrew Ross To choose a good book, look in an inquisitor’s prohibited list. ~John Aikin Books and ideas are the most effective weapons against intolerance and ignorance. ~ Lyndon B Johnson For friends... do but look upon good Books: they are true friends, that will neither flatter nor dissemble. ~Francis Bacon \"Tell me what you read and I'll tell you who you are\" is true enough, but I'd know you better if you told me what you reread. ~François Mauriac I have friends whose society is delightful to me; they are persons of all countries and of all ages; distinguished in war, in council, and in letters; easy to live with, always at my command. ~Francesco Petrarch To read without reflecting is like eating without digesting. ~Edmund Burke There is no such thing as a moral or immoral book; books are well written or badly written. ~Oscar Wilde”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Multiple" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/multiple/books-are-the-quietest-and-most-constant-of-friends-they-are-the-most-2/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/18f/multiple-158312_books_books-are-the-quietest-and-most-constant_1672587.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/18f/multiple-158312_books_books-are-the-quietest-and-most-constant_1672587.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/18f/multiple-158312_books_books-are-the-quietest-and-most-constant_1672587.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Books are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible and wisest of counselors…” — Multiple", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 29, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“The prominent British statesman and scholar Edmund Burke (1729–1797) emphasized another fundamental characteristic of the civil society—valuing human experience, tradition, and custom. Burke was outspoken in his sympathy for the American colonists and condemned the oppressions of the British monarchy that led to the American Revolution. However, he was also repulsed by the French Revolution. Burke saw the latter as a revolt led by elites and anarchists who had as their purpose not only redress against French rule but the utter destruction of French society, traditions, and customs. Burke explained: “There is a manifest, marked distinction, which ill men with ill designs, or weak men incapable of any design, will constantly be confounding,—that is, a marked distinction between change and reformation. The former alters the substance of the objects themselves, and gets rid of all their essential good as well as of all the accidental evil annexed to them. Change is novelty; and whether it is to operate any one of the effects of reformation at all, or whether it may not contradict the very principle upon which reformation is desired, cannot be known beforehand. Reform is not change in substance or in the primary modification of the object, but a direct application of a remedy to the grievance complained of. So far as that is removed, all is sure. It stops there; and if it fails, the substance which underwent the operation, at the very worst, is but where it was.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Mark R. 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