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Trust nothing to the enthusiasm of the people. Give them a strong and a just, and, if possible, a good, government; but, above all, a strong one.

— Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington

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Source: letter to Lieutenant-General Lord William Bentinck, December 24, 1811. John Gurwood, Selections from the Dispatches and General Orders of Field Marshal, the Duke of Wellington, p. 545 (1851)
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