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Edmund Burke - And having looked to Government for...

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

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

Edmund Burke

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