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John Morley: It is a system as completely centralised and bureaucratic as that with which Russia governs Poland, or as that which…

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It is a system as completely centralised and bureaucratic as that with which Russia governs Poland, or as that which prevailed in Venice under the Austrian rule.
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John Morley

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Morley compares the bureaucratic governance of Ireland to oppressive regimes in history.

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