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Whoever commands the sea, commands the trade whosoever commands the trade of the world commands the riches of the world, and consequently the world itself.
Walter Raleigh
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Walter Raleigh
Died: 1618
Died: October 29
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The gain of lying is nothing else but not to be trusted of any, nor to be believed when we say the truth.
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Whoso taketh in hand to govern a multitude, either by way of liberty or principality, and cannot assure himself of those persons that are enemies to that enterprise, doth frame a state of short perseverance.
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