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The tyrant is nothing but a slave turned inside out. - Herbert Spe

The tyrant is nothing but a slave turned inside out. – Herbert Spencer

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Old forms of government finally grow so oppressive that they must be thrown off even at the risk of reigns of terror. – Herbert Spencer

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Government
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Herbert Spencer
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An argument fatal to the communist theory, is suggested by the fact, that a desire for property is one of the elements of our nature. – Herbert Spencer

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Property
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The Republican form of government is the highest form of government: but because of this it requires the highest type of human nature, a type nowhere at present existing. – Herbert Spencer

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If you do not raise your eyes you will think that you are the highest point. – Antonio Porchia, Voces, 1943, translated from Spanish by W.S. Merwin

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What we see depends mainly on what we look for. – John Lubbock

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There is no possible line of conduct which has at some time and place been condemned, and which has not at some other time and place been enjoined as a duty. – William Lecky

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If you wish to make an apple pie truly from scratch, you must first invent the universe. – Carl Sagan

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Politics has become so expensive that it takes a lot of money even to be defeated. – Will Rogers

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As I get older I think, contrary to modern assumption but in line with the old Lerner and Lowe song, that it would actually benefit both them and society if – to quote Professor Higgins – a woman could be more like a man. – Julie Burchill

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Never seem more learned than the people you are with. Wear your learning like a pocket watch and keep it hidden. Do not pull it out to count the hours, but give the time when you are asked. – Lord Chesterfield

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My view is pensioners dont have the one option that people of working age have. They cant really increase their income, because they are no longer able to work. – Iain Duncan Smith

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