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Edmund Burke: The Muscovites are no great speculators; but I should not much rely on their uninquisitive disposition, if any of their…

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The Muscovites are no great speculators; but I should not much rely on their uninquisitive disposition, if any of their ordinary motives to sedition should arise.
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Edmund Burke

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Burke reflects on the ease with which revolutionary ideas can spread among the populace.

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