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    ...far from failing in its intended task, our educational system is in fact succeeding magnificently, because its aim is to keep the American people thoughtless enough to go on supporting the system.

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Mutation is random; natural selection is the very opposite of random.

Mutation is random; natural selection is the very opposite of random.

by Richard Dawkins Found in: Society Quotes,
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If everything's under control, you're going too slow.

If everything's under control, you're going too slow.

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All human progress, even in morals, has been the work of men who have doubted the current moral values, not read more

All human progress, even in morals, has been the work of men who have doubted the current moral values, not of men who have whooped them up and tried to enforce them.

by H. L. Mencken Found in: Society Quotes,
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A civilized society is one which tolerates eccentricity to the point of doubtful sanity.

A civilized society is one which tolerates eccentricity to the point of doubtful sanity.

by Robert Frost Found in: Society Quotes,
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The real death of America will come when everyone is alike.

The real death of America will come when everyone is alike.

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The affairs of life embrace a multitude of interests, and he who reasons in any one of them, without consulting read more

The affairs of life embrace a multitude of interests, and he who reasons in any one of them, without consulting the rest, is a visionary unsuited to control the business of the world.

by James Fenimore Cooper Found in: Society Quotes,
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The individual is not a killer, but the group is, and by identifying with it the individual is transformed into read more

The individual is not a killer, but the group is, and by identifying with it the individual is transformed into a killer.

by Arthur Koestler Found in: Society Quotes,
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In a closed society where everybody's guilty, the only crime is getting caught. In a world of thieves, the only read more

In a closed society where everybody's guilty, the only crime is getting caught. In a world of thieves, the only final sin is stupidity.

by Hunter S. Thompson Found in: Society Quotes,
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None save great men have been the authors of great heresies.

None save great men have been the authors of great heresies.

by Augustine Found in: Society Quotes,
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