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There are but two sorts of government: one where men show their teeth at each other, and one where men show their tongues and lick the feet of the strongest. - George Eliot (Romola Quotes)

There are but two sorts of government: one where men show their teeth at each other, and one where men show their tongues and lick the feet of the strongest.

Source:(Smith, Elder, & Co., ed. 1898), Book II, Chapter XXXIX. A Supper in the Rucellai Gardens, Page 317
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George Eliot (Romola Quotes)
  • Book: Romola
  • Writer: George Eliot
  • Genre: Fiction, History
  • Published: 1863
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