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It would not, indeed, have been proper to keep up a war of the same kind; but an immediate, manly, and decided resentment ought to have been the consequence.
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Edmund Burke
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Editor's note · Context
Burke argues for a strong and immediate response to insults rather than passive acceptance.
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