On the recordJanuary 1, 1790
Let me add, that we are as unwilling to learn these lessons from France as we are sure that we never taught them to that nation.
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Edmund Burke
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gutenberg.orgEdmund Burke: “Let me add, that we are as unwilling to learn these lessons from France as we are sure that we never taught them to that…”
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From his critique of the French Revolution, expressing England's unwillingness to adopt French revolutionary principles.
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