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Edmund Burke: The ambassadors from the rights of man, and their admission into the diplomatic system, I hold to be a new era in this…

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The ambassadors from the rights of man, and their admission into the diplomatic system, I hold to be a new era in this business.
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Edmund Burke

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Burke marks the acceptance of 'the rights of man' into diplomacy as a significant turning point.

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