On the record
I may speak it upon an assurance almost approaching to absolute knowledge, that nothing has been done that has not been contrived from the beginning, even before the States had assembled.
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Edmund Burke
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Editor's note · Context
Burke asserts that the actions taken were premeditated even before the assembly of the States, indicating a lack of spontaneity.
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