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To look at the bill in the abstract, it is neither more nor less than a renewed act of UNIVERSAL, UNMITIGATED, INDISPENSABLE, EXCEPTIONLESS DISQUALIFICATION.
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Edmund Burke
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gutenberg.orgEdmund Burke: “To look at the bill in the abstract, it is neither more nor less than a renewed act of UNIVERSAL, UNMITIGATED…”
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Burke critiques a bill as a severe form of disqualification, highlighting its harshness and implications.
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