On the record
Now, if your Lordships will suffer the laws to be broken by those who are not of the long robe, I am afraid those of the long robe will have none to punish but those of their own profession.
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Edmund Burke
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gutenberg.orgEditor's note · Context
Burke warns that allowing non-legal professionals to break laws could undermine the legal system.
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