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John Colville, The Fringes of Power: 10 Downing Street Diaries, 1939-1955 Quotes: Are we truly acting from principle and not from interest? Surely it is at least convenient that for us the two coincide.
         

Are we truly acting from principle and not from interest? Surely it is at least convenient that for us the two coincide.


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Are we truly acting from principle and not from interest? Surely it is at least convenient that for us the two coincide.
         



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