Third parties are like bees. Once they have stung, they die.

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Third parties are like bees. Once they have stung, they die.

Richard Hofstadter

1955

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1955

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Richard Hofstadter

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Hofstadter, Richard. The Age of Reform: from Bryan to FDR. Alfred A. Knopf, 1955, pt. 3.

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