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"The principles of justice are chosen behind a veil of ignorance."
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"Some social ills are preserved by the common misbelief that things such as ignorance, greed, and stupidity do not have the stamina required to reach old age."
"So the paradox goes: No man who is really ignorant is ever aware that he is ignorant. That is its finest, most faulty manifestation; there can be no true ignorance without first some claim of intelligence or consciousness, or superiority or enlightenment."
"A lack of knowledge always leads to defeat and destruction."
"To know anything well involves a profound sensation of ignorance."
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