The slightest acquaintance with history shows that powerful republics …

Ambrose Bierce
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The slightest acquaintance with history shows that powerful republics are the most warlike and unscrupulous of nations. ✨ Ambrose Bierce (1912). The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce ...: Antepenultimata
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The slightest acquaintance with history shows that powerful republics are the most warlike and unscrupulous of nations. ✨ Ambrose Bierce (1912). The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce ...: Antepenultimata

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