We are members in a great and ancient monarchy; and we must preserve religiously the true, legal rights of the sovereign, which form the keystone that binds together the noble and well-constructed arch of our empire and our Constitution.
Burke asserts the importance of preserving the legal rights of the sovereign within a monarchy.
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