In them it will be vain to look for any appearance of justice towards strangers, towards the obnoxious rich, towards the minority of routed parties, towards all those who in the election have supported unsuccessful candidates.
In his critique of the French Revolution, Burke warns that the new judicial system will fail to deliver justice to unpopular or minority groups.
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