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“When a government is dependent upon bankers for money, they and not the leaders of the government control the situation, since the hand that gives is above the hand that takes. Money has no motherland; financiers are without patriotism and without decency; their sole object is gain.”
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“It is unfortunate to have views different from the rest of mankind. It secures abuse.”
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“Men of genius are made not by new ideas, but by an idea which possesses them, namely, that what has been said has not yet been sufficiently said.”
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“The warrior merely carries the sword on behalf of others.
His task is a lordly one because the warrior still agrees to die for the mistakes of others.”
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His task is a lordly one because the warrior still agrees to die for the mistakes of others.”
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“Everything in war is very simple, but the simplest thing is difficult”
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