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Cromwell knew how to separate the institutions expedient to his usurpation from the administration of the public justice of his country.
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Edmund Burke
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gutenberg.orgEdmund Burke: “Cromwell knew how to separate the institutions expedient to his usurpation from the administration of the public justice…”
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Burke highlights Cromwell's understanding of the need to distinguish between usurpation and public justice.
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