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Edmund Burke: By thus dissociating every state from every other, like deer separated from the herd, each power is treated with on the…

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By thus dissociating every state from every other, like deer separated from the herd, each power is treated with on the merit of his being a deserter from the common cause.
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Edmund Burke

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Burke uses a metaphor of deer to illustrate how separating states undermines collective strength against a common enemy.

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