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• ‟ Every normal man must be tempted, at times, to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats.

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• ‟ The most dangerous man to any government is the man who is able to think things out... without regard to the prevailing superstitions and taboos. Almost inevitably he comes to the conclusion that the government he lives under is dishonest, insane, intolerable.

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• ‟ It is hard to believe that a man is telling the truth when you know that you would lie if you were in his place.

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• ‟ Every decent man is ashamed of the government he lives under.

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• ‟ A cynic is a man who, when he smells flowers, looks around for a coffin.

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• ‟ The one permanent emotion of the inferior man is fear - fear of the unknown, the complex, the inexplicable. What he wants above everything else is safety.

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• ‟ A man may be a fool and not know it, but not if he is married.

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• ‟ It is even harder for the average ape to believe that he has descended from man.

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