On the recordJanuary 1, 1790
They kept alive the memory and record of the Constitution.
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Edmund Burke
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gutenberg.orgEdmund Burke: “They kept alive the memory and record of the Constitution.”
Editor's note · Context
In his critique of the French Revolution, Burke notes how the old French Parliaments preserved the historical understanding of the constitution.
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