The opposition is indispensable. A good statesman, like any other sensible human being, always learns more from his opposition than from his fervent supporters. (Walter Lippmann)

The opposition is indispensable. A good statesman, like any other sensible human being, always learns more from his opposition than from his fervent supporters.

Walter Lippmann

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