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An aristocracy in a republic is like a chicken whose head has been cut off: it may run about in a lively way, but in fact it is dead.

Source: Noblesse Oblige, 1956.
-- Nancy Mitford, (Nov 28 1904-1973), English novelist; She is noted for her witty novels of upper-class life such as Noblesse Oblige, 1956.

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