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When you drive him hard, the boar will surely turn upon the hunters.
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Edmund Burke
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gutenberg.orgEdmund Burke: “When you drive him hard, the boar will surely turn upon the hunters.”
Editor's note · Context
Burke uses the metaphor of a boar to illustrate how oppressed individuals may retaliate against their oppressors.
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