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One is, that every man is presumed solvent: a presumption, in innumerable cases, directly against truth.
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Edmund Burke
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gutenberg.orgEdmund Burke: “One is, that every man is presumed solvent: a presumption, in innumerable cases, directly against truth.”
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Burke critiques the presumption of solvency in debtors, arguing it contradicts reality in many cases.
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