"There have always existed three ways of..." - Quote by Elbert Hubbard
There have always existed three ways of keeping the people loving and loyal. One is to leave them alone, to trust them and not to interfere. This plan, however, has very seldom beenpractised, because the politicians regard the public as a cow to be milked, and something must be done to make it stand quiet.
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