On the record
On the scheme of the present rulers in our neighboring country, regenerated as they are, they have no more right to the territory called France than I have.
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Edmund Burke
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gutenberg.orgEdmund Burke: “On the scheme of the present rulers in our neighboring country, regenerated as they are, they have no more right to the…”
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Burke critiques the legitimacy of the rulers in France, asserting they have no rightful claim to the territory.
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