4422. Edmund Burke. 1729-1797. John Bartlett, comp. 1919. Familiar Quotations, 10th ed.

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John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.


NUMBER:	4422
AUTHOR:	Edmund Burke (1729–1797)
QUOTATION:	Learning will be cast into the mire and trodden down under the hoofs of a swinish multitude. 1
ATTRIBUTION:	Reflections on the Revolution in France. Vol. iii. p. 335.

Note 1.
This expression was tortured to mean that he actually thought the people no better than swine; and the phrase “the swinish multitude” was bruited about in every form of speech and writing, in order to excite popular indignation. [back]

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