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My second assertion is, that the Company never has made a treaty which they have not broken.
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Edmund Burke
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gutenberg.orgEdmund Burke: “My second assertion is, that the Company never has made a treaty which they have not broken.”
Editor's note · Context
Burke asserts that the Company has a history of violating treaties, undermining trust in their agreements.
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