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But it was as great a crime to dissolve the Council upon base and sinister motives as it would be to assume the power of dissolving, if he had it not.
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Edmund Burke
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Editor's note · Context
Burke emphasizes that dissolving the Council for corrupt reasons is as serious a crime as lacking the authority to do so.
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