Is our monarchy to be annihilated, with all the laws, all the tribunals, and all the ancient corporations of the kingdom?
Edmund Burke: “Is our monarchy to be annihilated, with all the laws, all the tribunals, and all the ancient corporations of the…”
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Burke raises concerns about the potential abolition of monarchy and its institutions.
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