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“ The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by an endless series of hobgoblins, most of them imaginary. ”

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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 older I grow, the more I distrust the familiar doctrine that age brings wisdom.

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