On the record
Great Britain in 1782 rose above the vulgar ideas of policy, the ordinary jealousies of state, and all the sentiments of national pride and national ambition.
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Edmund Burke
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gutenberg.orgGreat Britain in 1782 rose above the vulgar ideas of policy, the ordinary jealousies of state, and all the sentiments of national pride and national ambition.
Burke commends Great Britain for transcending common political jealousies in 1782.
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