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This will tend totally to disconnect this kingdom from the system of Europe, in which if she ought not rashly to meddle, she ought never wholly to withdraw herself from it.
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Edmund Burke
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gutenberg.orgEdmund Burke: “This will tend totally to disconnect this kingdom from the system of Europe, in which if she ought not rashly to meddle…”
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Burke argues that England should not completely withdraw from European affairs, even if it should be cautious.
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