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Edmund Burke: Boni judicis est ampliare justitiam,--that is, to make open and liberal justice.

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Boni judicis est ampliare justitiam,--that is, to make open and liberal justice.
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Edmund Burke

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This quote translates a Latin phrase, emphasizing the importance of justice being open and liberal.

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