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Is it contrary to the duty of a good subject to reprobate such proceedings?
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Edmund Burke
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gutenberg.orgEdmund Burke: “Is it contrary to the duty of a good subject to reprobate such proceedings?”
Editor's note · Context
Burke questions whether it is a good citizen's duty to condemn harmful political actions.
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