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“I don't think people realise how the establishment became established. It simply stole the land and property off the poor, surrounded themselves with weak minded sycophants for protection, gave themselves titles and have been wielding power ever since.”
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“By its nature, the metropolis provides what otherwise could be given only by traveling; namely, the strange.”
― The Death and Life of Great American Cities
― The Death and Life of Great American Cities
“Where misunderstanding serves others as an advantage, one is helpless to make oneself understood”
― The Liberal Imagination: Essays on Literature and Society
― The Liberal Imagination: Essays on Literature and Society
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