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To preserve that liberty inviolate seems the particular duty and proper trust of a member of the House of Commons.
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Edmund Burke
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gutenberg.orgEdmund Burke: “To preserve that liberty inviolate seems the particular duty and proper trust of a member of the House of Commons.”
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Burke asserts that preserving liberty is a fundamental duty of a member of the House of Commons.
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