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We cannot be so childish as to imagine that ambition is local, and that no others can be infected with it but those who rule within certain parallels of latitude and longitude.
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Edmund Burke
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Burke argues against the notion that ambition is confined to specific geographical areas, suggesting it is a universal trait.
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