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The friends of the crown will appear, not as champions, but as victims; discountenanced, mortified, lowered, defeated, they will fall into listlessness and indifference.
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Edmund Burke
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gutenberg.orgEdmund Burke: “The friends of the crown will appear, not as champions, but as victims; discountenanced, mortified, lowered, defeated…”
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Burke predicts that supporters of the crown will feel defeated and indifferent in the face of political turmoil.
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