No part of his official conduct can be defended on the ground of his Parliamentary information.
Edmund Burke: “No part of his official conduct can be defended on the ground of his Parliamentary information.”
Editor's note · Context
Burke asserts that the official actions of a certain individual cannot be justified based on the information provided in Parliament.
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