The old Venetians never wanted to conquer territory for their empire, except when indispensable to maintain trade monopolies. Territory didn’t interest the Venetians. The idea of expanding borders is a stupid Anglo-Saxon concept, picked up by the Russians. Venice propagated its system through its bureaucracy in the nationalities it conquered.
— Venetian Patrician Count Foscari
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