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The suspicions of a good citizen freeze those men whom the calumny of the wicked could not stop in their progress.
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Edmund Burke
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gutenberg.orgEdmund Burke: “The suspicions of a good citizen freeze those men whom the calumny of the wicked could not stop in their progress.”
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Burke asserts that the doubts of a good citizen can halt the progress of the wicked, illustrating the power of moral integrity.
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