• The best servants of the people, like the best valets, must whisper unpleasant truths in the master's ear. It is the court fool, not the foolish courtier, whom the king can least afford to lose.

  Walter Lippmann
  American writer, reporter, and political commentator 1889-1974
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Subjects in these quotes:

1. unpleasant
2. courtier
3. foolish
4. truths
5. master
6. afford

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The best servants of the people, like the best valets, must whisper unpleasant truths in the master's ear. It is the court fool, not the foolish courtier, whom the king can least afford to lose. by : Walter Lippmann

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