Governments exist to protect the rights of minorities. The loved and the rich need no protection: they have many friends and few enemies. (Wendell Phillips)

Governments exist to protect the rights of minorities. The loved and the rich need no protection: they have many friends and few enemies.

Wendell Phillips

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