For securing the liberty of the subject, he introduced the method of giving bail, the most certain fence against the abuses of power.
Edmund Burke: “For securing the liberty of the subject, he introduced the method of giving bail, the most certain fence against the…”
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Burke discusses the introduction of bail as a safeguard for individual liberty.
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