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If these examples take root in the minds of men, what members hereafter will be bold enough not to be corrupt, especially as the king's highway of obsequiousness is so very broad and easy?
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Edmund Burke
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gutenberg.orgEdmund Burke: “If these examples take root in the minds of men, what members hereafter will be bold enough not to be corrupt…”
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Burke warns that if corruption becomes normalized, future members of Parliament may lack the courage to act with integrity.
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