On the record
A plan of favouritism for our executory government is essentially at variance with the plan of our legislature.
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Edmund Burke
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gutenberg.orgEdmund Burke: “A plan of favouritism for our executory government is essentially at variance with the plan of our legislature.”
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Burke argues that favoritism in government contradicts the principles of legislative fairness.
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