I Knew A Very Wise Man That Believed That If A Man Were Permitted To Make All The Ballads, He Need Not Care Who Should Make The Laws Of A Nation.

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I knew a very wise man that believed that if a man were permitted
to make all the ballads, he need not care who should make the laws
of a nation.
-- Andrew Fletcher of Saltoun (1653-1716)
-- Letter to the Marquis of Montrose, the Earl of Rothes, etc

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