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Henry Ward Beecher: “A King that cannot keep his seat before free speech ought to be unseated.”

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A King that cannot keep his seat before free speech ought to be unseated.
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Henry Ward Beecher

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Beecher believes that a king who cannot withstand free speech should be removed from power.

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