On the record
There was confidence to be reposed in each of them, and not one of these men appears to be in the confidence of another.
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Edmund Burke
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gutenberg.orgEdmund Burke: “There was confidence to be reposed in each of them, and not one of these men appears to be in the confidence of another.”
Editor's note · Context
Burke observes the lack of mutual trust among individuals in a corrupt system.
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