Why is it that when political ammunition runs low, inevitably the rusty artillery of abuse is always wheeled into action?
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Adlai Stevenson I31 quotes“Why is it that when political ammunition runs low, inevitably the rusty artillery of abuse is always wheeled into action?”
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