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No matter what my sufferings had been, so that this kingdom had kept the authority I wished it to maintain, by a grave foresight, and by an equitable temperance in the use of its power.
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Edmund Burke
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gutenberg.orgEdmund Burke: “No matter what my sufferings had been, so that this kingdom had kept the authority I wished it to maintain, by a grave…”
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Burke states that he would endure personal suffering if it meant maintaining the kingdom's authority.
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