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Or, if you must confiscate old landed estates in favor of the money-jobbers, why is the penalty confined to one description?
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Edmund Burke
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gutenberg.orgEdmund Burke: “Or, if you must confiscate old landed estates in favor of the money-jobbers, why is the penalty confined to one…”
Editor's note · Context
Burke questions the fairness of confiscating land from certain groups while favoring others, highlighting issues of equity.
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