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But this last act of infidelity and murder is to expiate all the rest, and to qualify them for the amity of an humane and virtuous sovereign and civilized people.
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Edmund Burke
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Editor's note · Context
Burke criticizes the notion that a single act of violence can absolve a history of wrongdoing, emphasizing the absurdity of such beliefs.
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