"what is nothing short but treason" --(blend)

[Cohen, Gerald Leonard]

A month or two ago I heard the following blend spoken by someone on television, and I jotted it down right away (I forget its context): "...what is nothing short but treason" from "what is nothing short of treason" + "what is nothing but treason."

Gerald Cohen

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