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On principle I did what was then done; and on principle what was left undone was omitted.
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Edmund Burke
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gutenberg.orgEdmund Burke: “On principle I did what was then done; and on principle what was left undone was omitted.”
Editor's note · Context
Burke asserts that his actions were guided by principle, both in what he did and what he chose not to do.
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