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They are not honest; they are only ineffectual and unsystematic in their iniquity.
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Edmund Burke
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gutenberg.orgEdmund Burke: “They are not honest; they are only ineffectual and unsystematic in their iniquity.”
Editor's note · Context
Burke asserts that these individuals lack honesty and are ineffective in their malicious intents.
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