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Quote by Samuel Johnson
Subordination tends greatly to human happiness. Were we all upon a

Subordination tends greatly to human happiness. Were we all upon an equality, we should have no other enjoyment than mere animal pleasure. – Samuel Johnson

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Sir, I do not call a gamester a dishonest man; but I call him an unsociable man, an unprofitable man. Gaming is a mode of transferring property without producing any intermediate good. – Samuel Johnson

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Gambling (Gaming)
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Samuel Johnson
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Equality implies individuality. – Trey Anastasio

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A fundamentalist cant bring himself or herself to negotiate with people who disagree with them because the negotiating process itself is an indication of implied equality. – Jimmy Carter

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I should like to suggest to you that the cause of all the economic troubles is that we have an economic system which tries to maintain an equality of value between two things, which it would be better to recognise from the beginning as of unequal value. – Paul Dirac

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Equal pay isnt just a womens issue when women get equal pay, their family incomes rise and the whole family benefits. – Mike Honda

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