On the record
No: it takes the lead, and is never found where justice does not accompany it; and if ever it is attempted to bring it into the service of the vices, it immediately subverts their cause.
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Edmund Burke
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Editor's note · Context
Burke asserts that true prudence is aligned with justice and cannot support vice.
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