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These changes, unquestionably, the king had no right to make; and here the Parliaments failed in their duty, and, along with their country, have perished by this failure.
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Edmund Burke
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gutenberg.orgEdmund Burke: “These changes, unquestionably, the king had no right to make; and here the Parliaments failed in their duty, and, along…”
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Burke asserts that the king's unauthorized changes led to the failure of the Parliaments and the nation.
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