It is not fit that the servants of the Company should be dealers with their masters.
Edmund Burke: “It is not fit that the servants of the Company should be dealers with their masters.”
Editor's note · Context
Burke emphasizes the ethical implications of the relationship between the servants of the Company and their masters.
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