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"The Irish do not want anyone to wish them well; they want everyone to wish their enemies ill."

Harold Nicolson, British Diplomat

Enemy, Enemies, Irish, Want

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"The Irish do not want anyone to wish them well; they want everyone to wish their enemies ill."

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"The Irish do not want anyone to wish them well; they want everyone to wish their enemies ill."

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