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The compassing all these advantages and happy prospects depends entirely upon your will and consent; and the power of bringing them to an issue is in your hands alone.
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Edmund Burke
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gutenberg.orgThe compassing all these advantages and happy prospects depends entirely upon your will and consent; and the power of bringing them to an issue is in your hands alone.
Burke asserts that the realization of advantages relies solely on the will and consent of the people.
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