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I was going to awake your justice towards this unhappy part of our fellow-citizens, by bringing before you some of the circumstances of this plague of hunger.
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Edmund Burke
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Burke calls for justice and attention to the plight of citizens suffering from hunger, urging action on their behalf.
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