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They have always had the knife at each other's throats, after they had almost blunted it at the throats of every honest man.
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Edmund Burke
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gutenberg.orgEdmund Burke: “They have always had the knife at each other's throats, after they had almost blunted it at the throats of every honest…”
Editor's note · Context
Burke describes the treachery among political factions, where individuals turn against each other after committing acts of violence against the innocent.
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