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An event has happened, upon which it is difficult to speak, and impossible to be silent. - Edmund Burke
Attribution: Edmund Burke (1729–1797), Irish philosopher, statesman. Speech, May 5, 1789, Westminster Hall, London, at the impeachment of Warren Hastings.

Categories: Philosopher, Scandal, Statesman

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