I repeat... that all power is a trust that we are accountable for its exercise that from the people and for the people all springs, and all must exist.
Benjamin Disraeli
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- A great city, whose image dwells in the memory of man, is the type of some great idea. Rome represents conquest Faith hovers over the towers of Jerusalem and Athens embodies the pre-eminent quality of the antique world, Art.
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- I am prepared for the worst, but hope for the best.