The religion most prevalent in our northern colonies is a refinement o…

Edmund Burke
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The religion most prevalent in our northern colonies is a refinement on the principles of resistance: it is the dissidence of dissent, and the protestantism of the Protestant religion. ✨ Speech 'On Conciliation with America' 22 March 1775
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