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Now, my Lords, the delicacy of the affidavit is no more; the great arcanum of the state is avowed: it is avowed that the government is ours,--that the Nabob is nothing.
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Edmund Burke
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Burke declares that the true nature of governance is now openly acknowledged, removing previous pretenses.
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