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Edmund Burke: “In fact, the exclusion of them seems to me only to mark jealousy and suspicion, and not to provide security in any…”

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In fact, the exclusion of them seems to me only to mark jealousy and suspicion, and not to provide security in any way.--But I return to the old ground.
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Edmund Burke

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Burke suggests that the exclusion of Catholics reflects more suspicion than security.

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