On the recordJanuary 1, 1790
The power which was above all fear and all remorse was not set above all shame.
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Edmund Burke
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gutenberg.orgEdmund Burke: “The power which was above all fear and all remorse was not set above all shame.”
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Burke reflects on the psychological constraints that even despotic power faces, particularly the sense of shame.
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