We call upon you for our liberties; and hope that the freedom of the Commons will be preserved by the justice of the Lords.
Edmund Burke: “We call upon you for our liberties; and hope that the freedom of the Commons will be preserved by the justice of the…”
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Burke calls for the protection of liberties and the role of the Lords in maintaining justice for the Commons.
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