What’s Wrong with the World · Character
Burke
The statesman and philosopher, cited as a conservative thinker on property and tradition.
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Also known as Edmund Burke
First appearance: what s wrong with the world
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Quoted for his remark that 'an Englishman's house is his castle,' which Chesterton calls entertaining but false.
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