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Edmund Burke: “Strict law is by no means such a friend to the rights of the subject as they have been taught to believe.”

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Strict law is by no means such a friend to the rights of the subject as they have been taught to believe.
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Edmund Burke

Editor's note · Context

Burke challenges the belief that strict law inherently protects individual rights, suggesting a more nuanced view.

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