"I dread our own power and our own ambition; I dread our being too much dreaded. ... We may say that we shall not abuse this astonishing and hitherto unheard-of-power. But every other nation will think we shall abuse it. It is impossible but that, sooner or later, this state of things must produce a combination against us which may end in our ruin." | by: | Edmund Burke
(1729-1797) Irish-born British statesman, parliamentary orator, and political thinker |
Source: | describing his fears for the former British Empire |
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