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William Shakespeare
“Love all, trust a few,
Do wrong to none: be able for thine enemy
Rather in power than use; and keep thy friend
Under thy own life's key: be check'd for silence,
But never tax'd for speech.”
William Shakespeare, All's Well That Ends Well

James Madison
“There are more instances of the abridgment of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations.”
James Madison

Mark Twain
“′Classic′ - a book which people praise and don't read.”
Mark Twain

Herodotus
“Of all men’s miseries the bitterest is this: to know so much and to have control over nothing.”
Herodotus, The Histories

Nancy Isenberg
“How does a culture that prizes equality of opportunity explain, or indeed accommodate, its persistently marginalized people?”
Nancy Isenberg, White Trash: The 400-Year Untold History of Class in America

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