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Its not being done at that time is a proof that the nation was of opinion it ought not to be done at any time.
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Edmund Burke
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gutenberg.orgEdmund Burke: “Its not being done at that time is a proof that the nation was of opinion it ought not to be done at any time.”
Editor's note · Context
Burke interprets the failure to establish a principle of popular choice as a reflection of the nation's consensus against it.
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