On the record
If this bill does not provide a direction of integrity and of ability competent to that trust, the objection is fatal; if it does, public credit must depend on the support of the bill.
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Edmund Burke
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gutenberg.orgEdmund Burke: “If this bill does not provide a direction of integrity and of ability competent to that trust, the objection is fatal…”
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Burke argues that the success of public credit hinges on the integrity and competence of the bill's management.
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