Edmund Burke: “From your wisdom other states will learn that they who wait until all…”

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From your wisdom other states will learn that they who wait until all the powers of Europe are at once in motion can never move at all.

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Edmund Burke

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Burke advises that waiting for all powers to act simultaneously can lead to inaction.

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