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What! one third only of the legislature, and of the government no share at all?
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Edmund Burke
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gutenberg.orgEdmund Burke: “What! one third only of the legislature, and of the government no share at all?”
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Burke questions the fairness of a legislative body that only partially represents the populace.
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