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Despotism is the principle upon which every measure is founded, and the people in the interior parts of the country are ruled at the discretion of the aumil or foujdar for the time being.
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Edmund Burke
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Burke critiques the governing principle of despotism, illustrating the arbitrary rule over the people.
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