Distance of place does not extinguish the duties or the rights of men; but it often renders their exercise impracticable.
Edmund Burke: “Distance of place does not extinguish the duties or the rights of men; but it often renders their exercise…”
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Burke notes that geographical distance does not eliminate moral duties and rights, though it complicates their exercise.
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