On the recordJanuary 1, 1790
This we have never commissioned you to do; and it is one instance among many, indeed, of your assumption of undelegated power.
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Edmund Burke
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In his denunciation of the French National Assembly, Burke criticizes their actions as exceeding their legitimate authority.
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