But, whether it be an Englishman, a Mussulman, a white man or a black man, a white woman or a black woman, it is all Warren Hastings.
Edmund Burke: “But, whether it be an Englishman, a Mussulman, a white man or a black man, a white woman or a black woman, it is all…”
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Burke argues that all individuals involved, regardless of their background, are implicated in the actions of Warren Hastings.
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