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She is not performing a great duty, but perpetrating a great injustice.
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Walter Bagehot
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gutenberg.orgWalter Bagehot: “She is not performing a great duty, but perpetrating a great injustice.”
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Bagehot critiques the actions of a government that harms its citizens rather than fulfilling its duties.
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