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Edmund Burke: “We are at war with a system which by its essence is inimical to all other governments, and which makes peace or war as…”

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We are at war with a system which by its essence is inimical to all other governments, and which makes peace or war as peace and war may best contribute to their subversion.
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Edmund Burke

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Burke describes a conflict with a system that undermines other governments.

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