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A court of justice, where a direct assertion is brought forward, and a direct proof applied to it, is an element in which he cannot live for a moment.
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Edmund Burke
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gutenberg.orgA court of justice, where a direct assertion is brought forward, and a direct proof applied to it, is an element in which he cannot live for a moment.
Burke emphasizes the importance of a court of justice for truth and accountability.
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Let us imitate their caution, if we wish to deserve their fortune or to retain their bequests.
Whatever they are, I wish my countrymen rather to recommend to our neighbors the example of the British Constitution than to take models from them for the improvement of our own.
Our people will find employment enough for a truly patriotic, free, and independent spirit, in guarding what they possess from violation.
I would not exclude alteration neither; but even when I changed, it should be to preserve.