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He is a real king, and not an executive officer.
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Edmund Burke
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gutenberg.orgEdmund Burke: “He is a real king, and not an executive officer.”
Editor's note · Context
Burke emphasizes that the British king holds a genuine royal status rather than merely serving as an executive.
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