| A statesman gains little by the arbitrary
exercise of ironclad authority upon all occasions that offer, for this wounds
the just pride of his subordinates, and thus tends to undermine his strength.
A little concession, now and then, where it can do no harm is the wiser
policy. - A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court |
 Marble bas relief by Gaetano Federici from the Dave Thomson collection |
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