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Next we ought to know that the spirit of our laws, or that our own dispositions, which are stronger than laws, are susceptible of all those defensive measures which the occasion may require.
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Edmund Burke
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Burke highlights the importance of understanding the spirit of laws and the dispositions of people in implementing defensive measures.
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