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We do not see why we have not as good a right to refuse them their rents as you have to abrogate all their honors, titles, and distinctions.
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Edmund Burke
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gutenberg.orgEdmund Burke: “We do not see why we have not as good a right to refuse them their rents as you have to abrogate all their honors…”
Editor's note · Context
Burke argues for the right to refuse payment to those whose honors have been stripped away.
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