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• Any government has in the final analysis to be justified by the quality of life which it promotes.
  -- Ralph Barton Perry...
• The fundamental idea of modern capitalism is not the right of the individual to possess and enjoy what he has earned, but the thesis that the exercise of this right redounds to the general good.
  -- Ralph Barton Perry...
• He then learns that in going down into the secrets of his own mind he has descended into the secrets of all minds.
  -- Ralph W. Emerso...
• Anybody has a right to evade taxes if he can get away with it.
  No citizen has a moral obligation to assist in maintaining his government. -- J.P. Morga...
• My gift to industry is the genetically engineered worker, or Genejack.
  Specially designed for labor, the Genejack's muscles and nerves are ideal for his task, and the cerebral cortex has been atrophied so that he can desire nothing except to perform his duties....
• The strength of the Constitution lies entirely in the determination of each citizen to defend it.
  Only if every single citizen feels duty bound to do his share in this defense are the constitutional rights secure....
• SUFFRAGE, n. Expression of opinion by means of a ballot.
  The right of suffrage (which is held to be both a privilege and a duty) means, as commonly interpreted, the right to vote for the man of another man's choice, and is highly prized....
• Beware the man who makes cream with his mouth; he winds up making butter with his nose.
  -- Babbaluche the cobble...
• Tact is the ability to tell a man he has an open mind when he has a hole in his head.