On the record
The authority given to the servants to buy at an advanced price did of necessity furnish means and excuses for every sort of fraud in their purchases.
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Edmund Burke
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gutenberg.orgThe authority given to the servants to buy at an advanced price did of necessity furnish means and excuses for every sort of fraud in their purchases.
Burke highlights the potential for fraud when servants are allowed to overbid the market.
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