On the record
We know that the government of Ireland (the same as the British) is not in its constitution wholly aristocratical; and as it is not such in its form, so neither is it in its spirit.
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Edmund Burke
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gutenberg.orgEdmund Burke: “We know that the government of Ireland (the same as the British) is not in its constitution wholly aristocratical; and…”
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Burke asserts that the government of Ireland is not purely aristocratic, reflecting his views on its constitutional nature.
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