On the recordJanuary 1, 1790
The ceremony of cashiering kings, of which these gentlemen talk so much at their ease, can rarely, if ever, be performed without force.
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Edmund Burke
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gutenberg.orgEditor's note · Context
From his critique of the French Revolution, Burke argues that deposing a monarch inevitably involves violence, not just legal process.
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