Edmund Burke: “If you ask whether I think the danger urgent and immediate, I answer…”

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If you ask whether I think the danger urgent and immediate, I answer, Thank God, I do not.

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Edmund Burke

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Burke expresses relief that he does not perceive an immediate threat.

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Edmund Burke: “If you ask whether I think the danger urgent and immediate, I answer, Thank God, I do not.”