Neither the few nor the many have a right to act merely by their will, in any matter connected with duty, trust, engagement, or obligation. (Edmund Burke)

Neither the few nor the many have a right to act merely by their will, in any matter connected with duty, trust, engagement, or obligation.

Edmund Burke

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