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But I beg your Lordships' pardon: it is the language of an ignorant man; for no man who was not full of a bold, determined, profligate ignorance could ever think of such a system of defence.
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Edmund Burke
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Burke criticizes a defense strategy as ignorant, emphasizing the importance of informed arguments in legal matters.
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