

“If the misery of the poor be caused not by the laws of nature, but by our institutions, great is our sin.”
― Voyage of the Beagle
― Voyage of the Beagle

“Perhaps when we find ourselves wanting everything, it is because we are dangerously close to wanting nothing.”
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“We cannot expect people to have respect for law and order until we teach respect to those we have entrusted to enforce those laws.”
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“All paradises, all utopias are defined by who is not there, by the people who are not allowed in.
[Conversation with Elizabeth Farnsworth, PBS NewsHour, March 9, 1998]”
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[Conversation with Elizabeth Farnsworth, PBS NewsHour, March 9, 1998]”
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“If someone isn't what others want them to be, the others become angry. Everyone seems to have a clear idea of how other people should lead their lives, but none about his or her own.”
― The Alchemist
― The Alchemist
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