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"'Those who don't build must burn. It's as old as history and juvenile delinquents.'"

"'You can't rid yourselves of all the odd ducks in just a few years. The home environment can undo a lot you try to do at school. That's why we've lowered the kindergarten age year after year until now we're almost snatching them from the cradle.'"

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"'... we're the Happiness Boys... We stand against the small tide of those who want to make everyone unhappy with conflicting theory and thought.'"

"'If you don't want a man unhappy politically, don't give him two sides to a question to worry him; give him one.'"

"'We must all be alike. Not everyone born free and equal... but everyone made equal... then all are happy, for there are no mountains to make them cower, to judge themselves against.'"

"'Don't step on the toes of the dog lovers, the cat lovers, doctors, lawyers, merchants... Texans, Brooklynites, people from Oregon... The bigger your market, Montag, the less you handle controversy... Magazines became a nice blend of vanilla tapioca. Books... were dishwater... But the public, spinning happily, let the comic books survive... There was no dictum, no declaration, no censorship, to start with, no!'"