On the record
Facts, to which there is no testimony but the assertion of those who produce them in apology for the ill consequences of their own irregular actions, cannot be admitted.
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Edmund Burke
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Burke argues that unverified claims made in defense of poor actions should not be accepted as valid evidence.
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