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Edmund Burke: It tends to their discovery, and, I hope and trust, finally to their utter ruin and destruction.

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It tends to their discovery, and, I hope and trust, finally to their utter ruin and destruction.
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Edmund Burke

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Burke expresses hope that the truth will ultimately lead to the downfall of corruption.

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