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Is it, then, true, that this unfortunate monarch drew his punishment upon himself by his want of moderation, and his oppressing the liberties of which he had found his people in possession?
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Edmund Burke
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Burke questions whether the punishment of a monarch was a result of his failure to moderate his rule and respect his people's liberties.
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