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I maintain that in his Reflections he has stated the Revolution and the Settlement upon their true principles of legal reason and constitutional policy.
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Edmund Burke
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Burke defends his interpretation of the principles behind the Revolution and the Settlement, emphasizing their legal and constitutional foundations.
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