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If they judge wrong from excusable error, you ought to correct it, as to-day it is proposed, by an explanatory bill,--or if by corruption, by bill of penalties declaratory, and by punishment.
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Edmund Burke
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Burke emphasizes the need for corrective measures when judges err, whether by mistake or corruption.
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