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There is no one who ever acts honestly in the administration of States — Ruler

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"There is no one who ever acts honestly in the administration of States, nor any helper who will save any one who maintains the cause of the just."
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A ruler is an instrument used to make length measurements, whereby a length is read from a series of markings called "rules" along an edge of the device. Alternatively, it is called a rule, scale, line gauge, or metre/meter stick. Usually, the instrument is rigid and the edge itself is a straightedge, which additionally allows one to draw straighter lines. Rulers are an important tool in geometry,

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