Quote#Solitude
The use of force alone is but temporary. It may subdue for a moment;…
Quote byEdmund Burke · 1729–1797
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Second Speech on Conciliation with America (1775).
English (original)
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.
— Edmund Burke
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