On the recordJanuary 1, 1790
In denying their false claims of right, I do not mean to injure those which are real, and are such as their pretended rights would totally destroy.
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Edmund Burke
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gutenberg.orgEdmund Burke: “In denying their false claims of right, I do not mean to injure those which are real, and are such as their pretended…”
Editor's note · Context
Burke explains that his rejection of abstract "rights of men" is intended to protect actual, concrete rights that these false claims would undermine.
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