On the record
Whatever power the supreme sovereign of the empire had, we deny that it was delegated to Sujah Dowlah.
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Edmund Burke
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gutenberg.orgEdmund Burke: “Whatever power the supreme sovereign of the empire had, we deny that it was delegated to Sujah Dowlah.”
Editor's note · Context
Burke denies that any power was delegated to a specific individual, reinforcing the notion of unbroken sovereignty.
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