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But it really appears to me that the means which this act employs are at least as exceptionable as the end.
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Edmund Burke
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gutenberg.orgEdmund Burke: “But it really appears to me that the means which this act employs are at least as exceptionable as the end.”
Editor's note · Context
Burke expresses concern that the means of a certain act are as problematic as its intended outcome.
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