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“History followed different courses for different peoples because of differences among peoples’ environments, not because of biological differences among peoples themselves.”
― Jared Diamond, Guns, Germs, and Steel

“The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man who lives fully is prepared to die at any time.” ―Mark Twain”
― Erlend Bakke, Never Work Again: Work Less, Earn More and Live Your Freedom

“Autarky has never promoted prosperity.”
― Thomas Piketty, Capital in the Twenty-First Century

“Inequalities with respect to labor usually seem mild, moderate, and almost reasonable (to the extent that inequality can be reasonable—this point should not be overstated). In comparison, inequalities with respect to capital are always extreme.”
― Thomas Piketty, Capital in the Twenty-First Century