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I have always thought, from my earliest youth till now, that the greatest scourge an angry Heaven ever inflicted upon an ungrateful and a sinning people, was an ignorant, a corrupt, or a dependent Judiciary.
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Beveridge emphasizes the dangers of an unaccountable judiciary, reflecting his belief in the importance of judicial integrity.
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