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My Lords, I charge him, as chief governor, with destroying the institutions of the country, which were designed to be, and ought to have been, controls upon such a person as Debi Sing.
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Edmund Burke
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Burke charges Hastings with undermining the institutions meant to control corrupt individuals, emphasizing the need for checks and balances.
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