“[A] great Empire, like a great Cake, is most easily diminished at the Edges.”
Original source
Rules By Which A Great Empire May Be Reduced To A Small One"; The Public Advertiser (September 11, 1773)
Rules By Which A Great Empire May Be Reduced To A Small One"; The Public Advertiser (September 11, 1773)
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