"Apocalypse could not be repealed by the democratic process."

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“You deserve whoever governs you … Everyone is responsible for the actions of their leaders.”

“Having one’s eyes opened doesn’t make one grateful.”

“Grief is not productive. It simply represents an inefficiency in accepting change of status.”

“We're not prophets. We're not here to inform the rich people of the world on how to make more money, or to inform governments on how to direct themselves. We are here to allow you to dream your dreams and make them happen, and have your nightmares a little in advance so you can prevent them from happening.”

“The battle was over. There were no victors.”

“She saw that in all wars, the first stage was to dehumanize the enemy, reduce the enemy to a lower level so that he might be killed without compunction. When the enemy was not human to begin with, the task was easier.”

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— Frederick Douglass

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"Whoever makes something having bought or contracted for all other held resources used in the process , is entitled to it. The situation is not one of something’s getting made, and there being an open …"

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Philosophy1938–2002

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"Pooh looked at his two paws. He knew that one of them was the right, and he knew that when you had decided which one of them was the right, then the other one was the left, but he never could remember…"

— A. A. Milne

Literature1882–1956

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"But they have not rejected the Budget; they have only referred it to the people. On what principle do they refer Bills to the people? I remember the election of 1900, when a most powerful member of th…"

— David Lloyd George

Politics1863–1945

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