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By this means our Constitution preserves an unity in so great a diversity of its parts.
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Edmund Burke
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gutenberg.orgEdmund Burke: “By this means our Constitution preserves an unity in so great a diversity of its parts.”
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Burke describes how the Constitution maintains unity despite the diversity of its components.
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