On the record
He thinks that all the resources of ingenuity ought to be employed to baffle chicane, not to support it.
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Edmund Burke
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gutenberg.orgHe thinks that all the resources of ingenuity ought to be employed to baffle chicane, not to support it.
Burke emphasizes the importance of using ingenuity to combat deceit in legal matters.
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