Edmund Burke — "No man can be a good citizen who is not a good son, a good brother, a good husba…"
No man can be a good citizen who is not a good son, a good brother, a good husband, or a good father.
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Attributed, a sentiment consistent with his emphasis on traditional social bonds.
Date: c. 1770s-1790s
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