korrents

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Liberty never exists in the abstract but attaches to something concrete

Drawn from what Edmund Burke said

happiness
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happiness What makes a life go well: whether it is meaning, love, virtue, enough money, or simply expecting less.

What Edmund Burke actually said

  1. Edmund Burke Irish-born British statesman and political philosopher (1729 to 1797)
    Abstract liberty, like other mere abstractions, is not to be found. Liberty inheres in some sensible object; and every nation has formed to itself some favorite point, which by way of eminence becomes the criterion of their happiness.

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