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This I contend for not in the technical forms of it, but I contend for it in the substance.
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Edmund Burke
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gutenberg.orgEdmund Burke: “This I contend for not in the technical forms of it, but I contend for it in the substance.”
Editor's note · Context
Burke asserts that he advocates for the essence of justice rather than just its technicalities.
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