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From your wisdom other states will learn that they who wait until all the powers of Europe are at once in motion can never move at all.
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Edmund Burke
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gutenberg.orgFrom your wisdom other states will learn that they who wait until all the powers of Europe are at once in motion can never move at all.
Burke advises that waiting for all powers to act simultaneously can lead to inaction.
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