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What is this, according to the common indications which guide the judgment of mankind, but, under the pretext of protecting the crown of France, in reality to usurp it?
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Edmund Burke
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Burke critiques the actions of those who, under the guise of protecting the French crown, are actually seeking to seize power.
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