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Edmund Burke: The gorging a royal kitchen may stint and famish the negotiations of a kingdom.

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The gorging a royal kitchen may stint and famish the negotiations of a kingdom.
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Edmund Burke

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Burke suggests that the extravagance of a royal kitchen can have detrimental effects on state negotiations.

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