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But commerce in exchange for empire, for safety, for glory!
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Edmund Burke
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gutenberg.orgEdmund Burke: “But commerce in exchange for empire, for safety, for glory!”
Editor's note · Context
Burke critiques the idea of trading commerce for greater political or military gains.
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