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It is said that power corrupts, but actually it's more true that power attracts the corruptible. The sane are usually attracted by…
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The worst mistake of first contact, made throughout history by individuals on both sides of every new encounter, has been the unfortunate…
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Only a knowledgeable, empowered and vocal citizenry can perform well in democracy.
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When it comes to privacy and accountability, people always demand the former for themselves and the latter for everyone else.
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My first duty to write a gripping yarn. Second is to convey credible characters who make you feel what they feel. Only…
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If you believe you can make a living as a writer, you already have enough ego.
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Beware of self-indulgence. The romance surrounding the writing profession carries several myths: that one must suffer in order to be creative; that…
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In the book, America had already been weakened by bio terror plagues before waves of selfish violence took down the rest. But…
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Reciprocal accountability, or criticism [is] the only known antidote to error.
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In the end, the work of diplomats continues even while others fight. So, it's not necessarily true that everyone needs to march.
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Cultural contamination that is directed outward is always seen as ‘enlightenment.
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The three basic material rights -- continuity, mutual obligation, and the pursuit of happiness.
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The minority, the ruling class at present, has the schools and press, usually the Church as well, under its thumb. This enables…
— Albert Einstein
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...the first step in the revolution by the working class, is to raise the proletariat to the position of ruling class, to…
— Karl Marx
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The ruling class doesn't care about public safety. Having made it very difficult for States and localities to police themselves, having left…
— Malcolm Wallop
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To decide once every few years which members of the ruling class is to repress and crush the people through parliament-this is…
— Vladimir Lenin
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The economic owning class is always the political ruling class.
— Eugene V. Debs
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Capitalism is the legitimate racket of the ruling class.
— Al Capone
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The moral climate within the ruling class in this country is not that different from the moral climate within the ruling class…
— David Clennon
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If you don't look like the ruling class, bring your inhaler.
— Esai Morales
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Inertia! Our ruling class knows one law; no change. Despotism! They know one rule; force. Maldistribution! They know one desire; to hold…
— Isaac Asimov
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I am not a capitalist soldier; I am a proletarian revolutionist. I do not belong to the regular army of the plutocracy,…
— Eugene V. Debs
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They knew bullshit, and they knew about the ruling class; dying for a ruling class cause was almost always bullshit.
— William Kittredge
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Those who formally rule take their signals and commands not from the electorate as a body, but from a small group of…
— Arthur Miller
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