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" ...   He is an egregious dissembler and a great liar. Away with him, he is a greeting divil      ... "

&mdash; Robert Blair (On Oliver Cromwell, to a fellow Covenanter)

" ...   What is prudence in the conduct of every private family can scarce be folly in that of a great kingdom     ... "

&mdash; Adam Smith