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Ellen Glasgow Quotes: The government's like a mule, it's slow and it's sure; it's slow to turn, and it's sure to turn the way you don't want it.
         

The government's like a mule, it's slow and it's sure; it's slow to turn, and it's sure to turn the way you don't want it.


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