Burke may see I have not written on Government without reflecting on what is Law, as well as on what are Rights.--The only effectual jury in such cases would be a convention of the whole nation fairly elected; for in all such cases the whole nation is the vicinage.
In "Rights of Man," Paine asserts that for matters concerning national government and rights, the only legitimate "jury" is a fairly elected convention representing the entire nation.
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