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That these oppressions exist is a fact no more denied than it is resented as it ought to be.
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Edmund Burke
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gutenberg.orgEdmund Burke: “That these oppressions exist is a fact no more denied than it is resented as it ought to be.”
Editor's note · Context
Burke acknowledges the undeniable existence of oppression and the need for it to be resented.
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