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The judgment of the eminent and able persons who conduct public affairs is undoubtedly superior to mine; but self-partiality induces almost every man to defer something to his own.
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Edmund Burke
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Burke acknowledges the superiority of public officials' judgment while recognizing human self-partiality.
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