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equality before the law
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Noun1.equality before the law - the right to equal protection of the laws
human right - (law) any basic right or freedom to which all human beings are entitled and in whose exercise a government may not interfere (including rights to life and liberty as well as freedom of thought and expression and equality before the law)


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What made Burke special was his courage, a quality he possessed to a unique degree, and one that showed itself not in flamboyant acts of daring, but in just the opposite way, in a quietly unbendable devotion to the cause of equality under law, which is the cause of law itself.
 
 
 
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