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Directors can never properly govern those for whose employments they are or may be themselves candidates; they can neither protect nor coerce them with due impartiality or due authority.
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Edmund Burke
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Editor's note · Context
Burke asserts that Directors cannot govern impartially if they are candidates for positions themselves, emphasizing the need for unbiased authority.
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