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The acts of men are put to their proper test, and the works of darkness tried in the face of day,--not the corrupted opinions of others on them, but their own intrinsic merits.
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Edmund Burke
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Editor's note · Context
Burke asserts that true justice involves evaluating actions based on their intrinsic merits rather than external opinions.
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