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William Ewart Gladstone - The oppression of a majority...
The oppression of a majority is detestable and odious; the oppression of a minority is only by one degree less detestable and odious. (William Ewart Gladstone)

The oppression of a majority is detestable and odious; the oppression of a minority is only by one degree less detestable and odious.

William Ewart Gladstone

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