“They talk as if England were not in Europe.”

— Edmund Burke

The Speeches of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke in the House of Commons and in Westminster Hall, Volume 4 https://books.google.nl/books?id=P3o9AAAAcAAJ&pg=PA86&lpg=PA86&dq=edmund+burke+%22as+if+england%22&source=bl&ots=5zDSB68xOn&sig=XL30Pw27VyA2LHbMQObnDITiGrM&hl=nl&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjJjuL3sMbNAhXJrRoKHT1ABSIQ6AEIIDAB#v=onepage&q=edmund%20burke%20%22as%20if%20england%22&f=false, London, 1816, p. 86
As quoted in "Book review: Britain’s Europe: A Thousand Years of Conflict and Cooperation by Brendan Simms", in Prospect magazine (19 May 2016) http://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/arts-and-books/book-review-britains-europe-a-thousand-years-of-conflict-and-cooperation-by-brendan-simms
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