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This conduct, acting on the declaration, leaves a monarchy without a monarch, and without any representative or trustee for the monarch and the monarchy.
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Edmund Burke
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Burke critiques a situation where a monarchy exists without a true monarch or representation, highlighting the absurdity of such a state.
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