The majority is never right. Never, I tell you! That's one of these lies in society that no free and intelligent man can help rebelling against. Who are the people that make up the biggest proportion of the population -- the intelligent ones or the fools? I think we can agree it's the fools, no matter where you go in this world, it's the fools that form the overwhelming majority.
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The greatest Glory of a free-born People, Is to transmit that Freedom to their Children.
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As hard as modern man strives to be free he is a slave chained to the past.
As hard as modern man strives to be free he is a slave chained to the past.
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A little government and a little luck are necessary in life; but only a fool trusts either of them.
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The first thing a genius needs is to breath free air.
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Who overcomesBy force, hath overcome but half his foe.
Who overcomesBy force, hath overcome but half his foe.
