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Edmund Burke Quotes: And having looked to Government for bread, on the very first scarcity they will turn and bite the hand that fed them.
         

And having looked to Government for bread, on the very first scarcity they will turn and bite the hand that fed them.


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This page presents the quote "And having looked to Government for bread, on the very first scarcity they will turn and bite the hand that fed them.". Author of this quote is Edmund Burke. This quote is about bread, government, scarcity, hands, government welfare,.