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But, in reality, their maxim was, and is, "Peace and alliance with France, and war with the rest of the world.
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Edmund Burke
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gutenberg.orgEdmund Burke: “But, in reality, their maxim was, and is, "Peace and alliance with France, and war with the rest of the world.”
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Burke critiques the Jacobins for their contradictory stance of seeking peace with France while waging war elsewhere.
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