“What is hateful is not rebellion but the despotism which induces rebellion; what is hateful are not rebels but men, who, having the enjoyment of power, do not discharge the duties of power; they are men who, having the power to redress wrongs, refuse to listen to the petitioners that are sent to them; they are the men who, when they are asked for a loaf, give a stone.”
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Speech Delivered by Rt. Hon. Sir Wilfrid Laurier P. C., G. C. M. G., M. P., on the Occasion of a Banquet Tendered by the Montreal Reform Club at the ... Wednesday, May 29, 1912
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