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But if he disputes, as he does, the authority of an act of Parliament, let him state to me that law to which he means to be subject, or any law which he knows that will justify his actions.
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Edmund Burke
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Burke challenges the legitimacy of rejecting parliamentary authority without presenting an alternative legal framework.
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