On the recordJanuary 1, 1790
By this each person has at once divested himself of the first fundamental right of uncovenanted man, that is, to judge for himself, and to assert his own cause.
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Edmund Burke
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Burke explains that entering civil society requires individuals to surrender the natural right to be their own judge and advocate.
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