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Between these litigant parties for power I shall not determine on the merits,--thinking of nothing but the use that was made of the power, to whomsoever it belonged.
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Edmund Burke
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Editor's note · Context
Burke refrains from judging the merits of the competing factions in Calcutta, focusing instead on the implications of their power use.
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