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They have the right of electing; you have a right of expelling: they of choosing; you of judging, and only of judging, of the choice.
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Edmund Burke
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gutenberg.orgEdmund Burke: “They have the right of electing; you have a right of expelling: they of choosing; you of judging, and only of judging…”
Editor's note · Context
Burke delineates the rights of the people versus the rights of the House in the electoral process.
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