They have the confidence to say, "that it is a law against every law of Nature, and Nature herself calls for its destruction.
Edmund Burke: “They have the confidence to say, "that it is a law against every law of Nature, and Nature herself calls for its…”
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Burke critiques a law that he believes contradicts natural law and calls for its repeal.
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