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The question is, whether you will take the constitution of the country as your rule, or the base practices of those usurpers, robbers, and tyrants who have subverted it.
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Edmund Burke
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Editor's note · Context
Burke questions the choice between adhering to the constitution or succumbing to tyrannical practices.
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