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Wer den Daumen auf dem Beutel hat, der hat die Macht. <br class="br">Speech to North German Reichstag (21 May 1869), Stenographische Berichte p. 1017 (left) http://books.google.de/books?id=wm9HAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA1017 <br class="br">1860s
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