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Government will be weakened by the friends it loses and betrayed by those it will gain.
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gutenberg.orgAlbert Beveridge: “Government will be weakened by the friends it loses and betrayed by those it will gain.”
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Beveridge warns that a government can be weakened by losing support and betrayed by gaining untrustworthy allies.
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