This outrageous defiance of the House of Commons, this outrageous defiance of all the laws of his country, I hope your Lordships will not countenance.
Edmund Burke: “This outrageous defiance of the House of Commons, this outrageous defiance of all the laws of his country, I hope your…”
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Burke warns against supporting an outrageous defiance of the House of Commons and the law.
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