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I know that no power on earth, acting as I ought to do, can touch my life, my liberty, or my property.
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Edmund Burke
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gutenberg.orgEdmund Burke: “I know that no power on earth, acting as I ought to do, can touch my life, my liberty, or my property.”
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Burke asserts the inviolability of his life, liberty, and property under rightful governance.
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