Jonathan Swift (1667–1745) Anglo-Irish satirist, essayist, and poet
Thoughts on Various Subjects from Miscellanies (1711-1726)
“We do what we're told,
Told to do.”
We Do What We're Told
Song lyrics, So (1986)
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