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This proposition, like every other in politics, has its bounds; but it is far safer than the counter doctrine, wait till they are fit.
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Morley argues that political propositions have limits but advocates for proactive engagement rather than waiting for readiness.
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We do not know how to leave India, and therefore let us see if we know how to govern it.
The general situation in Egypt had latterly become one in which everything was governed by sheer military violence.
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