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Henrik Ibsen

"Do you know what we are those of us who count as pillars of society? We are society's tools, neither more nor less."

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"Do you know what we are those of us who count as pillars of society? We are society's tools, neither more nor less."

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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."

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"People are very busy; they are so busy that when they walk in the crowds they see no one, no one but themselves; they hear no voice, no voice but their own voice!"

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

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"A community is like a ship; everyone ought to be prepared to take the helm."
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"The spirit of truth and the spirit of freedom - these are the pillars of society."
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"Your home is regarded as a model home, your life as a model life. But all this splendor, and you along with it... it's just as though it were built upon a shifting quagmire. A moment may come, a word can be spoken, and both you and all this splendor will collapse."
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"Home life ceases to be free and beautiful as soon as it is founded on borrowing and debt."
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"I'm afraid for all those who'll have the bread snatched from their mouths by these machines. What business has science and capitalism got, bringing all these new inventions into the works, before society has produced a generation educated up to using them!"
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"People who don't know how to keep themselves healthy ought to have the decency to get themselves buried, and not waste time about it."
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"You should never have your best trousers on when you go out to fight for freedom and truth."
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"What business has science and capitalism got, bringing all these new inventions into the works, before society has produced a generation educated up to using them!"
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"One should never put on one's best trousers to go out to battle for freedom and truth."
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"One of the qualities of liberty is that, as long as it is being striven after, it goes on expanding. Therefore, the man who stands in the midst of the struggle and says, "I have it," merely shows by doing so that he has just lost it."
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