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It imposes upon us a stricter duty to guard with a firm and powerful vigilance those whose principles of conscience weaken their principles of self-defence.
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Edmund Burke
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gutenberg.orgEdmund Burke: “It imposes upon us a stricter duty to guard with a firm and powerful vigilance those whose principles of conscience…”
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Burke argues for the necessity of protecting those whose beliefs may make them vulnerable to external threats.
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