“Next to the very young, I suppose the very old are the most selfish.”
Source: The Virginians (1857-1859), Ch. 61.
“Jerry is perceived by most legislators as very selfish.”
Leo McCarthy, former Lieutenant Governor and Speaker of the California State Assembly, United Press International, unspecified article, unspecified date, 1978.
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