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When they bear the burdens of unlimited monopoly, will you bring them to bear the burdens of unlimited revenue too?
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Edmund Burke
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gutenberg.orgEdmund Burke: “When they bear the burdens of unlimited monopoly, will you bring them to bear the burdens of unlimited revenue too?”
Editor's note · Context
Burke questions the fairness of imposing excessive burdens on the colonies while they are already suffering under monopoly.
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