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I do not mean to impeach the right of the Parliament of Great Britain to make laws for the trade of Ireland: I only speak of what laws it is right for Parliament to make.
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Edmund Burke
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Burke clarifies that he does not dispute Parliament's right to legislate for Ireland, but questions the nature of those laws.
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