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David Daggett: “Why laugh at your folly---take all the offices and leave you to take care of yourselves.”

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Why laugh at your folly---take all the offices and leave you to take care of yourselves.
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David Daggett
Federalist · Connecticut

Editor's note · Context

Daggett sarcastically critiques the folly of political leaders who take all the power for themselves.

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