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• The reluctant obedience of distant provinces generally costs more than it [The Territory] is worth. Empires which branch out widely are often more flourishing for a little timely pruning.

  ― Thomas B. Macaulay
  American essayist and historian (1800 - 1859)
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Subjects in these quotes:

• flourishing
• obedience
• provinces
• generally
• empires
• pruning

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