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Edmund Burke: They who bow to the enemy abroad will not be of power to subdue the conspirator at home.

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They who bow to the enemy abroad will not be of power to subdue the conspirator at home.
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Edmund Burke

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Burke warns that those who yield to foreign enemies will struggle to confront domestic conspirators.

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