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Quote from Edmund Burke,

"The use of force alone is but temporary.  It may subdue for a moment; but it does not remove the necessity of subduing again; and a nation is not governed, which is perpetually to be conquered."



By:

Edmund Burke (more quotes by Edmund Burke or books by/about Edmund Burke)


(1729-1797) Irish-born British statesman, parliamentary orator, and political thinker

Source:

speaking of the American Revolution

Categories:

Control, Force, Government, Subjugate

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