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the sheep developed a great liking for this maxim, and often as they lay in the field they would all start bleating ‘Four legs good, two legs bad! Four legs good, two legs bad!’ and keep it up for hours on end, never growing tired of it.
“Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience.”
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“Folks are usually about as happy as they make their minds up to be.”
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“Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe.”
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“I have never let my schooling interfere with my education.”
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“Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to reform (or pause and reflect).”
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