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The difficulty will not, Sir, I am afraid, be much less, if we pass to the person really guilty in the question of an unmerited pension: the minister himself.
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Edmund Burke
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Burke highlights the challenges in identifying the true source of guilt regarding unmerited pensions, pointing to the minister's role.
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