The Religion Most Prevalent In Our Northern Colonies Is A Refinement On The Principles Of Resistance

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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.
-- Edmund Burke (1729-1797)
-- Speech on the Conciliation of America, Vol. ii, p. 123

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