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Politics ought to be adjusted not to human reasonings but to human nature, of which reason is but a part and by no means the greatest part.

Politics ought to be adjusted not to human reasonings but to human nature, of which reason is but a part and by no means the greatest part.

Edmund Burke
Mean, Human Nature, Reason
Edmund Burke (1804). “Maxims and opinions, moral, political and economical, with characters, from the works of ... Edmund Burke”, p.52

Gambling is a principle inherent in human nature.

Edmund Burke
Gambling, Principles, Human Nature

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