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Those Who Have Wrought Great Changes In The World Never Succeeded By Gaining Over Chiefs; But Always By Exciting The Multitude. The First Is The Resource Of Intrigue And Produces Only Secondary Results, The Second Is The Resort Of Genius And Transforms The Universe.

-Martin Van Buren

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Those Who Have Wrought Great Changes In

Martin Van Buren

Those Who Have Wrought Great Changes In The World Never Succeeded By Gaining Over Chiefs; But Always By Exciting The Multitude. The First Is The Resource Of Intrigue And Produces Only Secondary Results, The Second Is The Resort Of Genius And Transforms The Universe.

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