At present, I beg leave to differ from the noble and learned lord; for, until the claim, after a solemn discussion of this House, is openly and directly relinquished, I shall continue to be of opinion that your Lordships have a right to after, amend, or reject a money bill.
Burke asserts the right of the House of Lords to amend or reject money bills until formally relinquished.
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The people of England will not ape the fashions they have never tried, nor go back to those which they have found mischievous on trial.
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Governments must be abused and deranged indeed, before it can be thought of; and the prospect of the future must be as bad as the experience of the past.
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