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I confess I am of a different mind, and am rather inclined, of the two, to think and speak less hardly of a dead ruffian than to associate with the living.
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Edmund Burke
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gutenberg.orgEdmund Burke: “I confess I am of a different mind, and am rather inclined, of the two, to think and speak less hardly of a dead ruffian…”
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Burke reveals his preference for distancing himself from living criminals rather than honoring a dead one, highlighting his moral stance.
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