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Among those, the redress of wrongs, and the protection of weakness from the oppression of power, were most conspicuous.
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Edmund Burke
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gutenberg.orgEdmund Burke: “Among those, the redress of wrongs, and the protection of weakness from the oppression of power, were most conspicuous.”
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Burke identifies the protection of the vulnerable as a key responsibility of society.
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