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No arguments of policy, reason of state, or preservation of the constitution can be pleaded in favor of such a practice.
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Edmund Burke
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gutenberg.orgEdmund Burke: “No arguments of policy, reason of state, or preservation of the constitution can be pleaded in favor of such a practice.”
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Burke asserts that arguments based on policy or constitutional preservation cannot justify certain practices.
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