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Force is uncertain, and if it fails no hope of reconciliation remains
Drawn from what Edmund Burke said
What Edmund Burke actually said
- Edmund Burke Irish-born British statesman and political philosopher (1729 to 1797)
My next objection is its uncertainty. Terror is not always the effect of force, and an armament is not a victory. If you do not succeed, you are without resource; for, conciliation failing, force remains; but, force failing, no further hope of reconciliation is left.
Where this was said
↗Speech on Conciliation with America (22 March 1775)gutenberg.org
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