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Edmund Burke: We even think that they ought by no means to be altered at all, but at the desire of the greater part of the people who…

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We even think that they ought by no means to be altered at all, but at the desire of the greater part of the people who live under them.
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Edmund Burke

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Burke believes that changes to charters should only occur with the consent of the majority of the people.

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