On the recordJanuary 1, 1790
Justice is itself the great standing policy of civil society; and any eminent departure from it, under any circumstances, lies under the suspicion of being no policy at all.
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Edmund Burke
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Burke asserts that justice is the fundamental and enduring principle guiding civil society, and any significant deviation from it undermines the very concept of sound policy.
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