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Had the principles of any of these acts been first exerted on English ground, they would probably have expired as soon as they touched it.
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Edmund Burke
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gutenberg.orgEdmund Burke: “Had the principles of any of these acts been first exerted on English ground, they would probably have expired as soon…”
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Burke suggests that oppressive laws would not have survived if applied in England.
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