Edward Gibbon Quote

It is impossible to reduce, or, at least, to hold a distant country against the wishes and efforts of its inhabitants.

The History Of The Decline And Fall Of The Roman Empire... The Second Edition (ed. 1788)

It is impossible to reduce, or, at least, to hold a distant country against the wishes and efforts of its inhabitants.

It is impossible to reduce, or, at least, to hold a distant country against the wishes and efforts of its inhabitants.

It is impossible to reduce, or, at least, to hold a distant country against the wishes and efforts of its inhabitants.

It is impossible to reduce, or, at least, to hold a distant country against the wishes and efforts of its inhabitants.