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Could he or any other man, thus bound and shackled, execute such vigorous and energetic measures as were necessary to realize such an enormous tribute as was imposed upon this unhappy country?
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Edmund Burke
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Burke challenges the feasibility of executing necessary measures under oppressive constraints.
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