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Edmund Burke: “The fulness, the freedom, and publicity of discussion leaves it easy to distinguish what are acts of power, and what the…”

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The fulness, the freedom, and publicity of discussion leaves it easy to distinguish what are acts of power, and what the determinations of equity and reason.
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Edmund Burke

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Burke emphasizes the importance of open discussion in distinguishing power from justice.

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