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It is with the exultation of a little national pride I tell you that those amongst us who have wished to pledge the societies of Paris in the cup of their abominations have been disappointed.
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Edmund Burke
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Burke expresses national pride in the failure of foreign societies to influence or corrupt his own country's values.
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