On the record
It will be admitted also, that their power may be so great as to make it very prudent to treat with them, in order to save effusion of blood, perhaps to save the nation.
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Edmund Burke
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Burke argues for the necessity of negotiating with powerful adversaries to prevent bloodshed.
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