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I tell him, and doubt not I shall be able to demonstrate, that, being what she is, if she possesses a rock there, we cannot be safe.
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Edmund Burke
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Editor's note · Context
Burke asserts that the presence of a French stronghold poses a direct threat to British safety, emphasizing the stakes of territorial control.
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