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“A wise politician will never grudge a genuflexion or a rapture if it is expected of him by prevalent opinion.” quote by Frederick Scott Oliver — Download Open image

“A wise politician will never grudge a genuflexion or a rapture if it is expected of him by prevalent opinion.”

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