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For us to unite our troops with those of the enemy and extirpate him, would not this fix the stamp of infamy upon us forever?
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Edmund Burke
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gutenberg.orgEdmund Burke: “For us to unite our troops with those of the enemy and extirpate him, would not this fix the stamp of infamy upon us…”
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Burke warns that uniting with an enemy to eliminate a common foe would tarnish Britain's reputation permanently.
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