It is nothing but a little sally of anger, like the frowardness of peevish children, who, when they cannot get all they would have, are resolved to take nothing.
Edmund Burke: “It is nothing but a little sally of anger, like the frowardness of peevish children, who, when they cannot get all they…”
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Burke compares a certain reaction to the childish behavior of throwing a tantrum when not getting one's way.
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