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Edmund Burke: “When they see nothing but bands of English, Spaniards, Neapolitans, Sardinians, Prussians, Austrians, Hungarians…”

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When they see nothing but bands of English, Spaniards, Neapolitans, Sardinians, Prussians, Austrians, Hungarians, Bohemians, Slavonians, Croatians, acting as principals, it is impossible they should think we come with a beneficent design.
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Edmund Burke

Editor's note · Context

Burke points out that the presence of various foreign armies undermines the perception of benevolence in their actions.

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