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Despots and tyrants! now may you safely pronounce 'ingratitude is the common vice of all republics.
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gutenberg.orgAlbert Beveridge: “Despots and tyrants! now may you safely pronounce 'ingratitude is the common vice of all republics.”
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Beveridge condemns ingratitude as a common flaw in republics, addressing the behavior of despots and tyrants.
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