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> [“The authorities? The authorities?” I laughed. “Why is it people think the authorities are some form of gods with either great justice or great, cunning evil, rather than the same plodding fools they see in their daily lives, and most…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-ben-sapir/the-authorities-the-authorities-i-laughed-why-is-it-people-think-the/)

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## More by Richard Ben Sapir

> [“I was too rich to get honesty and too poor to change the order of the Roman world.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-ben-sapir/i-was-too-rich-to-get-honesty-and-too-poor-to-change-the-order-of-the/)

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> [“they spoke well of Rome, for the taxes did not appear heavy, compared to the previous great taxes demanded by robber bands”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-ben-sapir/they-spoke-well-of-rome-for-the-taxes-did-not-appear-heavy-compared/)

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> [“An iron plow instead of wood meant you lived past thirty. It changed more than the depth of a furrow.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-ben-sapir/an-iron-plow-instead-of-wood-meant-you-lived-past-thirty-it-changed/)

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> [“Woman, so often you have said that even in the darkest night there still exists a sunlight so bright we cannot look at it.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-ben-sapir/woman-so-often-you-have-said-that-even-in-the-darkest-night-there/)

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> [“whatever was down there was only an issue to fight over. The fight was really between men.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-ben-sapir/whatever-was-down-there-was-only-an-issue-to-fight-over-the-fight-was/)

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> [“She had everything to recommend her but a heart. And yet that is the last thing a young man looks at.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-ben-sapir/she-had-everything-to-recommend-her-but-a-heart-and-yet-that-is-the/)

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> [“King? He could lead twenty men at most and this meant, more than likely, that he was the one who had the helmet and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-ben-sapir/king-he-could-lead-twenty-men-at-most-and-this-meant-more-than-likely/)

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> [“The authorities? The authorities?” I laughed. “Why is it people think the authorities are some form of gods with either great justice or great,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-ben-sapir/the-authorities-the-authorities-i-laughed-why-is-it-people-think-the/)

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