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John Russell, 1st Earl Russell - If you cannot afford...
If you cannot afford to do justice speedily and well, you may as well shut up the Exchequer and confess that you have no right to raise taxes for the protection of the subject, for justice is the first and primary end of all government. (John Russell, 1st Earl Russell)

If you cannot afford to do justice speedily and well, you may as well shut up the Exchequer and confess that you have no right to raise taxes for the protection of the subject, for justice is the first and primary end of all government.

John Russell, 1st Earl Russell

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