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Evasion and fraud were the declared basis of the treaty.
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Edmund Burke
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gutenberg.orgEdmund Burke: “Evasion and fraud were the declared basis of the treaty.”
Editor's note · Context
Burke condemns the use of evasion and fraud as foundational elements of the treaty.
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