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Edmund Burke

Justice is itself the great standing policy of civil society and any eminent departure from it, under any circumstances, lies under the suspicion of being no policy at all.

Edmund Burke

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Edmund Burke is saying that justice is the fundamental and consistent principle that guides a well-functioning society. If society moves away from justice in a significant way, it suggests that there is no real plan or principle behind that change.

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