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Henry Ward Beecher

"Law represents the effort of man to organize society; governments, the efforts of selfishness to overthrow liberty."

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"Probably the people on the street know better than the people at home."

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"In a materialistic society, the dead body of a rich man's dog is regarded as a corpse; that of a poor man, a carcass."

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"People on corporate conveyor belts, like animals in slaughter-chutes are all part of the same big massacre of joy."

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"Poverty is like a crumb that sits at a table, and starves itself to death."

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"The action or inaction of any government does not negate the Personal Responsibility of the citizens."

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"If you have any hate in your heart, you will not be able to create a society that is just."

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"Keep your finger on the pulse of society, take controversies with a grain of salt, lick your finger and then lift it to the wind; always know what is going on, my friend, so this world can never steer you wrong again."

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