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The injury was from the crown: the redress was by Parliament.
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Edmund Burke
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gutenberg.orgEdmund Burke: “The injury was from the crown: the redress was by Parliament.”
Editor's note · Context
Burke highlights the distinction between the source of an injury and the means of redress in governance.
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