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But for my part, I have never heard the gross facts on which I ground my idea of their marked partiality to the reigning tyranny in France in any part denied.
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Edmund Burke
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gutenberg.orgEdmund Burke: “But for my part, I have never heard the gross facts on which I ground my idea of their marked partiality to the reigning…”
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Burke asserts that he has not heard any denial of the facts supporting his view of a group's bias towards tyranny in France.
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