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Men would live exceedingly quiet if these two words, mine and thine were taken away. – Anaxagoras

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“Whatever is not nailed down is mine.” This is the motto of the exploiter. “Whatever can be pried loose is not nailed down.” This is the second maxim in a country where people are rich, caring little in their present prosperity what shall become of the future. – David Starr Jordan, 1910

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