"tu quoque" meaning in All languages combined

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          "text": "And then they meet us with miserable tu quoques—tu quoques, gentlemen, which are the meanest form of logic, and, in my opinion, the most contemptible development of statesmanship.",
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          "ref": "1977, Alistair Horne, A Savage War of Peace, New York: Review Books, published 2006, page 205",
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