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The privileges which the Protestants of that kingdom enjoyed antecedent to this revocation were far greater than the Roman Catholics of Ireland ever aspired to under a contrary establishment.
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Edmund Burke
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Burke highlights the greater privileges of Protestants in France compared to Catholics in Ireland, emphasizing inequality.
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