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(Thomas Szasz)

" What is the most important for democracy
is not that great fortunes should not exist,
but that great fortunes should not
remain in the same hands."

(Alexis de Tocqueville)

"The satirist is prevented by repulsion
from gaining a better knowledge of the world
he is attracted to, yet he is forced by attraction
to concern himself with the world that repels him."

(Italo Calvino)


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