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Edmund Burke: He does not deserve the name of a free man who will not express them.

On the recordJanuary 1, 1790
He does not deserve the name of a free man who will not express them.
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Edmund Burke

Editor's note · Context

Continuing his condemnation of the French Revolution's excesses, Burke declares that a free man has a duty to express his indignation at injustice.

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