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But these ministers, who were chosen by affairs, not by affections, acted in the name of and in trust for kings, and not as their avowed constitutional and ostensible masters.
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Edmund Burke
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Burke reflects on the nature of ministers acting on behalf of kings rather than as their direct masters.
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