These are ties, which, though light as air, are as strong as links of iron.
Edmund Burke: “These are ties, which, though light as air, are as strong as links of iron.”
Editor's note · Context
Burke uses a metaphor to illustrate the strength of the ties between Britain and its colonies.
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