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A clearly superior power can offer peace without losing honor or safety
Drawn from what Edmund Burke said
What Edmund Burke actually said
- Edmund Burke Irish-born British statesman and political philosopher (1729 to 1797)
Great and acknowledged force is not impaired, either in effect or in opinion, by an unwillingness to exert itself. The superior power may offer peace with honor and with safety.
Where this was said
↗Speech on Conciliation with America (22 March 1775)gutenberg.org
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