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I allow, that, if no Supreme Ruler exists, wise to form, and potent to enforce, the moral law, there is no sanction to any contract, virtual or even actual, against the will of prevalent power.
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Edmund Burke
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Burke posits that without a Supreme Ruler to enforce moral law, contracts lose their binding nature against prevailing power.
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