All these are, however, tolerated under the acts of King William, and subsequent acts; and their diversity of sentiments with one another did not and could not furnish an argument against their toleration, when their difference with ourselves furnished none.
Burke argues that the diversity of beliefs among Dissenters should not undermine their right to tolerance.
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