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It is not enough for him to be acquitted: the Commons of Great Britain must be condemned; and your Lordships must be the instruments of his glory and of our disgrace.
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Edmund Burke
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Burke argues that the Commons must be condemned for the prisoner's glory, indicating a complex interplay of justice and reputation.
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