This violent breach in the community of Europe we must conclude to have been made (even if they had not expressly declared it over and over again) either to force mankind into an adoption of their system, or to live in perpetual enmity with a community the most potent we have ever known.
Burke discusses the implications of a violent breach in Europe and the choice between adopting a new system or living in enmity.
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