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There are men who will hold power by any means rather than not hold it; and who would prefer a dissolution of the union to a continuance of an administration not of their own party.
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gutenberg.orgAlbert Beveridge: “There are men who will hold power by any means rather than not hold it; and who would prefer a dissolution of the union…”
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Beveridge warns about the lengths to which some will go to maintain political power.
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