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Franchises were supposed to belong to the subject, as a subject, and not as a member of the governing part of the state.
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Edmund Burke
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gutenberg.orgEdmund Burke: “Franchises were supposed to belong to the subject, as a subject, and not as a member of the governing part of the state.”
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Burke discusses the nature of franchises and their relationship to subjects within the state.
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