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And as this plea is boldly avowed and maintained, and as, no doubt, all his conduct was perfectly correspondent to these principles, the principles and the conduct must be tried together.
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Edmund Burke
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Burke argues that the principles of governance and the actions taken must be evaluated together for fairness.
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