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Quote from Edmund Burke,


"It is not what a lawyer tells me I may do;
but what humanity, reason, and justice tell me I ought to do."


By:

Edmund Burke (more quotes by Edmund Burke or books by/about Edmund Burke)


(1729-1797) Irish-born British statesman, parliamentary orator, and political thinker

Source:

Second Speech on Conciliation, 1775

Categories:

Honor, Independence, Integrity, Justice, Reason, Responsibility

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