...them serves to you the wealth of the world. Deny them this participation of freedom, and you break the sole bond, which originally made, and must still preserve...registers and your bonds, your affidavits and your sufferences, your cachets and your clearances, are what form the great securities of your commerce....

...feelings are joined to the case for prudence, can be gauged by the tenor of his peroration: Deny them this participation of freedom, and you break that sole...still preserve, the unity of the empire. . . . Do not dream that your letters of office, and your instructions, and your suspending clauses, are the things...

...race and sons of England worship freedom, they will turn their faces towards you. . . . Deny them this participation of freedom, and you break that sole...and must still preserve, the unity of the empire. ["Speech ... on Conciliation with the Colonies," Burke, Works, World Classics (London: Oxford University...

...commerce of the Colonies, and through them secures to you the wealth 20 of the world. Deny them this participation of freedom, and you break that sole bond, which originally made, and mast still preserve, the unity of the empire. Do not entertain so weak an imagination as that your...