On the record
We have seen unlimited and arbitrary exaction avowed, on no pretence of any law, rule, or any fixed mode by which these people were to be dealt with.
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Edmund Burke
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gutenberg.orgWe have seen unlimited and arbitrary exaction avowed, on no pretence of any law, rule, or any fixed mode by which these people were to be dealt with.
Burke criticizes the arbitrary and lawless exactions imposed on the people.
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