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To what a state of savage, stupid, servile insensibility must your people be reduced, who can endure such proceedings in their Church, their state, and their judicature, even for a moment!
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Edmund Burke
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Burke expresses outrage at the state of the people who tolerate injustices in their institutions, emphasizing the severity of their condition.
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