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"The trouble with Communism is the Communists, just as the trouble with Christianity is the Christians."
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"We...advance toward a state of society in which not only each man but every impulse in each man claims carte blanche."

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

"The journey of every ignorant and obedient society always ends up in the same place: In the desert!"

"The only soap of a dirty society is the clean men, only the clean can wash the grimy!"

"What the new government of Nigeria and other African governments must do, is to start a massive reorientation campaign in the culture of the dignity of labour."

"To Have Thousands Transformed In The Society Is To Lack Unity."
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"Giving every man a vote has no more made men wise and free than Christianity has made them good."

"The most dangerous man to any government is the man who is able to think things out... without regard to the prevailing superstitions and taboos. Almost inevitably he comes to the conclusion that the government he lives under is dishonest, insane, intolerable."

"All men are frauds. The only difference between them is that some admit it. I myself deny it."

"No one in this world has ever lost money by underestimating the intelligence of the great masses of the plain people. Nor has anyone ever lost public office thereby."

"Every man sees in his relatives, and especially in his cousins, a series of grotesque caricatures of himself."

"Women have simple tastes. They get pleasure out of the conversation of children in arms and men in love."
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