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All this ought to be made as visible to me as the light of the sun, before I should strike off an atom of their charter.
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Edmund Burke
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gutenberg.orgEdmund Burke: “All this ought to be made as visible to me as the light of the sun, before I should strike off an atom of their charter.”
Editor's note · Context
Burke insists on the importance of transparency and clarity before making significant changes to established rights.
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