On the recordJanuary 1, 1791
It may with reason be said that in the manner the English nation is represented it signifies not where the right resides, whether in the Crown or in the Parliament.
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Thomas Paine
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gutenberg.orgThomas Paine: “It may with reason be said that in the manner the English nation is represented it signifies not where the right…”
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Paine argues that the flawed representation of the English nation renders the nominal location of power between Crown and Parliament irrelevant.
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