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I know that as they are, abstractedly speaking, to blame, so there are those who cry out against them for it, not with a friendly complaint, as we do, but with the bitterness of enemies.
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Edmund Burke
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Burke critiques the nature of blame directed at public figures, highlighting the complexity of accountability.
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