The people in crowds fly out of the country; and the frontier is guarded by lines of troops, not to exclude an enemy, but to prevent the escape of the inhabitants.
Edmund Burke: “The people in crowds fly out of the country; and the frontier is guarded by lines of troops, not to exclude an enemy…”
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Edmund Burke
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This passage illustrates the dire situation of the inhabitants, who are trapped by military forces rather than protected from external threats.
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