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| 6ffe1e7 | When a marauder destroys your house and takes away your cash and jewellery , his responsibility for his actions far exceeds that of the servant who opened door to him, whether out of fear, cupidity or because he simply he didn't know any better. | politics history-politics | Shashi Tharoor | |
| 757102d | They governed from duty, heritage and habit--and, as they saw it, from right. | politics history-politics | Barbara W. Tuchman |