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France, such as it is, is indeed highly formidable: not formidable, however, as a great republic; but as the most dreadful gang of robbers and murderers that ever was embodied.
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Edmund Burke
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Burke characterizes France as a dangerous entity due to its violent actions rather than its political structure.
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