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Speech on Conciliation with America

A work by Edmund Burke

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  • What korrents draws from it

    Britain should seek simple peace with the colonies, not peace through war or legal disputes, A clearly superior power can offer peace without losing honor or safety, Force is a feeble instrument for keeping a numerous, spirited people connected …

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    Edmund Burke

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Edition korrents quotes
22 March 17752
Claims on korrents
181

What korrents draws from it

korrents’ reading of claims quoted word for word from the book; each opens the quote and where it sits.

  1. Britain should seek simple peace with the colonies, not peace through war or legal disputes (opens korrents.com)1

  2. A clearly superior power can offer peace without losing honor or safety (opens korrents.com)1

  3. Force is a feeble instrument for keeping a numerous, spirited people connected (opens korrents.com)1

  4. Force used alone can only ever be a temporary remedy (opens korrents.com)1

  5. Force is uncertain, and if it fails no hope of reconciliation remains (opens korrents.com)1

  6. Fighting to keep something damages the very thing being fought for (opens korrents.com)1

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  1. Speech on Conciliation with America (22 March 1775) (korrents) (opens korrents.com)
  2. Speech on Conciliation with America (22 March 1775) (gutenberg.org) (opens gutenberg.org)

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