A despot doesn't fear eloquent writers preaching freedom - he fears a drunken poet who may crack a joke that will take hold. (E. B. White)

A despot doesn't fear eloquent writers preaching freedom - he fears a drunken poet who may crack a joke that will take hold.

E. B. White

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