| The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996. |
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| NUMBER: | 46158 |
| QUOTATION: | In the relations of a weak Government and a rebellious people there comes a time when every act of the authorities exasperates the masses, and every refusal to act excites their contempt. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | John Reed (18871920), U.S. journalist, author. Ten Days That Shook the World, ch. 3 (1919). |
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| | | The Columbia World of Quotations. Copyright © 1996 Columbia University Press. |
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