Absurdity Quote by Edmund Burke

“I do not know how to wish success to those whose Victory is to separate from us a large and noble part of our Empire. Still less do I wish success to injustice, oppression and absurdity.”

Edmund Burke

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A speculative despair is unpardonable where it our duty to act.

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