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His only wisdom was the craft with which he managed weak or bad men, and his only virtue the courage with which he overawed timid ones.' Such counsellors, fatal to a monarch, are full of peril to a republic.
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Hoar warns about the dangers of unscrupulous advisors in politics, drawing historical parallels.
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