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Edmund Burke: There is no equality among us; we are not fellow-citizens, if the mariner who lands on the quay does not rest on as firm…

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There is no equality among us; we are not fellow-citizens, if the mariner who lands on the quay does not rest on as firm legal ground as the merchant who sits in his counting-house.
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Edmund Burke

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Burke argues that true citizenship requires equal legal standing for all individuals.

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