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Applying criminal justice to a whole people's quarrel is narrow and pedantic
Drawn from what Edmund Burke said
What Edmund Burke actually said
- Edmund Burke Irish-born British statesman and political philosopher (1729 to 1797)
It looks to me to be narrow and pedantic to apply the ordinary ideas of criminal justice to this great public contest. I do not know the method of drawing up an indictment against a whole people.
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↗Speech on Conciliation with America (22 March 1775)gutenberg.org
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