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He is more tempted with our wealth as booty than terrified with it as power.
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Edmund Burke
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gutenberg.orgEdmund Burke: “He is more tempted with our wealth as booty than terrified with it as power.”
Editor's note · Context
Burke suggests that the enemy is more motivated by the prospect of wealth than by fear of power, indicating a different kind of threat.
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