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An independent state does not pay too dear a price for its independence in accepting the sufferings of war when it cannot avoid them a state which has lost its independence may find at least some compensation in the fact that its protector procures for it peace with its neighbours.
An independent state does not pay too dear a price for its independence in accepting the sufferings of war when it cannot avoid them a state which has lost its independence may find at least some compensation in the fact that its protector procures for it peace with its neighbours.
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- Theodor Mommsen
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