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The old days," said Smith. "Isn't that what you're asking about? Because I was a respectable businessman." "But Smithy," said Stephanopoulis. "I don'… - Ben Aaronovitch
" "The old days," said Smith. "Isn't that what you're asking about? Because I was a respectable businessman."
"But Smithy," said Stephanopoulis. "I don't believe in respectable businessmen. I've been a copper for more than five minutes. And the constable here doesn't think you're respectable either, because it happens he is a card-carrying member of the Workers' Revolutionary Party and so regards all forms of property as a crime against the proletariat."
That one caught me by surprise and the best I could manage was "Power to the people.
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Ben Dylan Aaronovitch (born February 1964) is an English author and screenwriter.
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