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> [You and I who read and write books have very little effect upon language. We may think about it, write about it, and read about it, but it goes on without us, or in spite of us.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlton-laird/you-and-i-who-read-and-write-books-have-very-little-effect-upon/)

[Charlton Laird](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charlton-laird/)

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> [“The net effect of this language system was not to keep these people ignorant of what they were doing, but to prevent them from equating it with their old, "normal" knowledge of murder and lies. Eichmann's great susceptibility to catch…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hannah-arendt/the-net-effect-of-this-language-system-was-not-to-keep-these-people/)

[Hannah Arendt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hannah-arendt/)

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