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Speaking generally, the feeling against this provision was due less to the anomaly of taxation without representation, than to fears for the unity of the empire and the supremacy of parliament.
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John Morley
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In this statement, Morley addresses the concerns regarding taxation without representation in the context of Irish governance.
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