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Clearly he could not; therefore I contend that this partition of power, which supposes an integral authority in each counsellor, is a monster that cannot exist.
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Edmund Burke
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Editor's note · Context
Burke asserts that the division of power among counselors is fundamentally flawed and impossible.
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