On the recordJanuary 1, 1790
In that Constitution, elective, temporary, local judges, such as you have contrived, exercising their dependent functions in a narrow society, must be the worst of all tribunals.
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Edmund Burke
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In his critique of the French Revolution, Burke condemns the new system of elective, temporary, and local judges as the worst possible tribunals.
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