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Ive always felt, in all my books, that theres a deep decency in th

Ive always felt, in all my books, that theres a deep decency in the American people and a native intelligence – providing they have the facts, providing they have the information. – Studs Terkel

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People are ready to say, Yes, we are ready for single-payer health insurance. We are the only industrialized country in the world that does not have national health insurance. We are the richest in wealth and the poorest in health of all the industrial nations. – Studs Terkel

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I want, of course, peace, grace, and beauty. How do you do that? You work for it. – Studs Terkel

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Genius is initiative on fire. – Holbrook Jackson

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If the presence of electricity can be made visible in any part of the circuit, I see no reason why intelligence may not be transmitted instantaneously by electricity. – Samuel Morse

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But every time our ability to access information and to communicate it to others is improved, in some sense we have achieved an increase over natural intelligence. – Vernor Vinge

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One of the functions of intelligence is to take account of the dangers that come from trusting solely to the intelligence. – Lewis Mumford

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