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Edmund Burke: It is lawful, and even praiseworthy, to assist those who are oppressed, or unjustly attacked."--Book III. ch. iii. §…

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It is lawful, and even praiseworthy, to assist those who are oppressed, or unjustly attacked."--Book III. ch. iii. § 45.
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Edmund Burke

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Burke advocates for the moral obligation to assist those who are oppressed or unjustly attacked.

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