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In effect, then, it was not with the men, or their principles, or their polities, that we quarrelled: our sole dislike was to the cut of their clothes.
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Edmund Burke
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Editor's note · Context
Burke argues that the conflict with the French was not about ideology but rather superficial appearances.
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