On the recordJanuary 1, 1790
Of all the powers unfit to be delegated by those who have any real means of judging, that most peculiarly unfit is what relates to a personal choice.
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Edmund Burke
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Burke asserts that the power of making a personal choice is uniquely unsuitable for delegation by those capable of sound judgment.
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