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He has been the author of all these wrongs; and if you transfer to him any of the sympathy you owe to these sufferers, you do wrong, you violate compassion.
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Edmund Burke
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gutenberg.orgEdmund Burke: “He has been the author of all these wrongs; and if you transfer to him any of the sympathy you owe to these sufferers…”
Editor's note · Context
Burke argues against misplacing sympathy from the victims to their oppressor, emphasizing moral responsibility.
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