An imbalance between rich and poor is the oldest and most fatal ailment of all republics.

What's the most fatal ailment of all republics?

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781 Those who aim at great deeds must also suffer greatly.
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779 Perseverance is more prevailing than violence; and many things which cannot be overcome when they are together, yield themselves up when taken little by little.
855 Nothing is harder to direct than a man in prosperity; nothing more easily managed that one is adversity.
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