All persons possessing any portion of power ought to be strongly and a…

Edmund Burke
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All persons possessing any portion of power ought to be strongly and awfully impressed with an idea that they act in trust, and that they are to account for their conduct in that trust to the one great Master, Author, and Founder of society. ✨ Edmund Burke (1860). The Works of Edmund Burke: With a Memoir, p.496
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