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Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke - My aim is to...

My aim is to fix this principle, that limitations on a crown ought to be carried as far as it is necessary to secure the liberties of a people; and that all such limitations may subsist, without weakening or endangering monarchy. (Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke)

My aim is to fix this principle, that limitations on a crown ought to be carried as far as it is necessary to secure the liberties of a people; and that all such limitations may subsist, without weakening or endangering monarchy.

Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke

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