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Who does not see the utter insufficiency of such a remedy, if such a remedy could be at all adopted?
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Edmund Burke
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gutenberg.orgEdmund Burke: “Who does not see the utter insufficiency of such a remedy, if such a remedy could be at all adopted?”
Editor's note · Context
Burke questions the effectiveness of proposed remedies for the threats posed by foreign influences.
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