"Nothing is more fairly distributed than common sense: no one thinks he needs more of it than he already has."

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"Nothing is more fairly distributed than common sense: no one thinks he needs more of it than he already has."

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"All of the candidates agree that the Democratic Party needs to undergo fundamental reforms."

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