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The substance of the question is, to put bounds to your own power by the rules and principles of law.
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Edmund Burke
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gutenberg.orgEdmund Burke: “The substance of the question is, to put bounds to your own power by the rules and principles of law.”
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Burke argues for the importance of limiting power through established laws and principles.
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