If you want to know who controls you, look at who you are not allowed to criticize.

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Anyone who has the power to make you believe absurdities has the power to make you commit injustices.

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The longer we dwell on our misfortunes, the greater is their power to harm us

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The more a man knows, the less he talks.

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The more I read, the more I acquire, the more certain I am that I know nothing.

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So long as the people do not care to exercise their freedom, those who wish to tyrannize will do so; for tyrants are active and ardent, and will devote themselves in the name of any number of gods, religious and otherwise, to put shackles upon sleeping men.

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If there’s life on other planets, then the earth is the Universe’s insane asylum.

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Dare to think for yourself.

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The right to free speech is more important than the content of the speech.

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The more often a stupidity is repeated, the more it gets the appearance of wisdom.

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