I say, my Lords, this is a traitorous and rebellious assumption, which he has no right to make, and which we charge against him, and therefore it cannot be urged in justification of his conduct in any respect.
Burke labels an individual's claim to sovereignty as traitorous and rebellious, emphasizing the seriousness of such assumptions.
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