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The instructions for the colony government go under no other sanction; and America cannot believe, and will not obey you, if you do not preserve this channel of communication sacred.
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Edmund Burke
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gutenberg.orgEdmund Burke: “The instructions for the colony government go under no other sanction; and America cannot believe, and will not obey…”
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Burke stresses the necessity of maintaining open communication with the American colonies for effective governance.
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