Eliot Spitzer (1959) 54th Governor of New York
Warning to criminals. <br class="br"> Pressure Mounts on Spitzer to Resign Over Sex Scandal, PBS NewsHour, March 11, 2008, 2012-10-15 http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/law/jan-june08/spitzer_03-11.html,
“A nod is as good as a wink to a blind badger.”
Source: Away Laughing on a Fast Camel
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