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For, if the resistance at the Revolution was illegal, the Revolution settled in usurpation, and this act can have no greater force and authority than an act passed under a usurper.
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Edmund Burke
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Burke argues that if the Revolution was illegal, it would undermine its authority and legitimacy.
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