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Walter Savage Landor Quotes: Democracy is always the work of kings. Ashes, which in themselves are sterile, fertilize the land they are cast upon.
         

Democracy is always the work of kings. Ashes, which in themselves are sterile, fertilize the land they are cast upon.


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My thoughts are my company; I can bring them together, select them, detain them, dismiss them.



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