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Deny them this participation of freedom, and you break that sole bond which originally made, and must still preserve, the unity of the empire.
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Edmund Burke
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gutenberg.orgEdmund Burke: “Deny them this participation of freedom, and you break that sole bond which originally made, and must still preserve…”
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Burke warns that denying the colonies participation in freedom will jeopardize the unity of the empire.
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