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He is to be trusted, not controlled, by his colleagues in office: if he were to be controlled, government, which ought to be the source of order, would itself become a scene of anarchy.
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Edmund Burke
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Editor's note · Context
Burke argues that a minister should be trusted by colleagues rather than controlled, to maintain order in government.
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