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The minister is preparing to transfer the cognizance of the public accounts from those whom you and the Constitution have chosen to control them, to unknown persons, creatures of his own.
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Edmund Burke
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gutenberg.orgEdmund Burke: “The minister is preparing to transfer the cognizance of the public accounts from those whom you and the Constitution…”
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Burke criticizes a minister's attempt to shift control of public accounts to unaccountable individuals.
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