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People without much difficulty admit the entrance of that injustice of which they are not to be the immediate victims.
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Edmund Burke
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gutenberg.orgEdmund Burke: “People without much difficulty admit the entrance of that injustice of which they are not to be the immediate victims.”
Editor's note · Context
Burke notes that people often accept injustices that do not directly affect them.
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