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What has destroyed every previous civilization has been the tenden

What has destroyed every previous civilization has been the tendency to the unequal distribution of wealth and power. – Henry George

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The march of invention has clothed mankind with powers of which a century ago the boldest imagination could not have dreamt. – Henry George

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Imagination
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The methods by which a trade union can alone act, are necessarily destructive its organization is necessarily tyrannical. – Henry George

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alone
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There is danger in reckless change, but greater danger in blind conservatism. – Henry George

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Change
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The truths of religion are never so well understood as by those who have lost the power of reason. – Voltaire

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power

When it comes to controlling human beings, there is no better instrument than lies. Because you see, humans live by beliefs. And beliefs can be manipulated. The power to manipulate beliefs is the only thing that counts. – Michael Ende

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power

It is a truism that almost any sect, cult, or religion will legislate its creed into law if it acquires the political power to do so. – Robert A. Heinlein

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Will power is to the mind like a strong blind man who carries on his shoulders a lame man who can see. – Arthur Schopenhauer

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Sentiment is the ripened fruit of fantasy. – Madame Belazy

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Philosophy when superficially studied, excites doubt, when thoroughly explored, it dispels it. – Francis Bacon

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In the heat of the Russian summer a sleeping car is the most horrible instrument of martyrdom imaginable. – Manfred von Richthofen

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By common consent gray hairs are a crown of glory; the only object of respect that can never excite envy. – George Bancroft

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