Your man with a thin skin, a vehement ambition, a scrupulous conscience, and a sanguine desire for rapid improvement, is never a happy, and seldom a fortunate politician.
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The Prime Minister by
Anthony Trollope
"I am as ready to obey as a child;—but, not being a child, I think I ought to have a reason."
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The Prime Minister by
Anthony Trollope
Power is so pleasant that men quickly learn to be greedy in the enjoyment of it, and to flatter themselves that patriotism requires them to be imperious.
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The Prime Minister by
Anthony Trollope