"To be attached to the subdivision, to love……" — Edmund Burke

To be attached to the subdivision, to love the little platoon we… - Edmund Burke

"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 toward a love to our country and to mankind. The interest of that portion of social arrangement is a trust in the hands of all those who compose it; and as none but bad men would justify it in abuse, none but traitors would barter it away for their own personal advantage."

— Edmund Burke

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