If you have a friend that will reprove your faults and foib… - James Burgh

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If you have a friend that will reprove your faults and foibles, consider you enjoy a blessing which the king upon the throne cannot have.

James Burgh

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James Burgh (1714–1775) was a British Whig politician whose book Political Disquisitions set out an early case for free speech and universal suffrage.

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If you have a friend that will reprove your faults and foibles, consider you enjoy a blessing which the king upon the throne cannot have. - James Burgh

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