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You do not even praise an accountant for being accurate, because you have thousands of them; but you justly blame a public accountant who is guilty of a gross inaccuracy.
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Edmund Burke
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Editor's note · Context
Burke emphasizes the expectation of accuracy from public accountants and the consequences of their failures.
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