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E. F. L. Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax Quotes: Power is so apt to be insolent and Liberty to be saucy, that they are seldom upon good Terms.
         

Power is so apt to be insolent and Liberty to be saucy, that they are seldom upon good Terms.


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