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I must fairly say, I dread our own power and our own ambition; I dread our being too much dreaded.
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Edmund Burke
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gutenberg.orgEdmund Burke: “I must fairly say, I dread our own power and our own ambition; I dread our being too much dreaded.”
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Burke expresses his fear of the dangers posed by unchecked power and ambition.
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