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If the principle of the Declaratory Act was not good, the principle we are contending for this day is monstrous.
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Edmund Burke
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gutenberg.orgEdmund Burke: “If the principle of the Declaratory Act was not good, the principle we are contending for this day is monstrous.”
Editor's note · Context
Burke argues that if the principle behind the Declaratory Act is flawed, then the principles being debated in his time are equally problematic.
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