There are men in all ages who mean to govern well, but they mean to govern. They promise to be good masters, but they mean to be masters. (Daniel Webster)

There are men in all ages who mean to govern well, but they mean to govern. They promise to be good masters, but they mean to be masters.

Daniel Webster

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