The poor have sometimes objected to being governed badly; the rich hav…

Gilbert K. Chesterton
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The poor have sometimes objected to being governed badly; the rich have always objected to being governed at all. ✨ Gilbert K. Chesterton (2013). The Essential Gilbert K. Chesterton, p.236, Simon and Schuster
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