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Quote by Edmund Burke
It looks to me to be narrow and pedantic to apply the ordinary ide

It looks to me to be narrow and pedantic to apply the ordinary ideas of criminal justice to this great public contest. I do not know the method of drawing up an indictment against a whole people. – Edmund Burke

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An event has happened, upon which it is difficult to speak, and impossible to be silent. – Edmund Burke

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There is but one law for all, namely that law which governs all law, the law of our Creator, the law of humanity, justice, equity – the law of nature and of nations. – Edmund Burke

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