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Even if we have anything to answer for on this head, we can only answer to the body which we represent and to that body which hears us: to any others we owe no apology whatever.
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Edmund Burke
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Editor's note · Context
Burke asserts that accountability is owed only to the body they represent, emphasizing the importance of representation.
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