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Edmund Burke: This outrageous defiance of the House of Commons, this outrageous defiance of all the laws of his country, I hope your…

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This outrageous defiance of the House of Commons, this outrageous defiance of all the laws of his country, I hope your Lordships will not countenance.
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Edmund Burke

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Burke warns against supporting an outrageous defiance of the House of Commons and the law.

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