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"If all mankind minus one were of one opinion, mankind would be no more justified in silencing that one person than he, if he had the power, would be justified in silencing mankind."

"In a market economy, however, the individual has some possibility of escaping from the power of the state."

"All gods are homemade, and it is we who pull their strings, and so, give them the power to pull ours."

"Capitalism has destroyed our belief in any effective power but that of self interest backed by force."

"We're all as susceptible to the lure of power."

"A wolf can only mock a lion thousands of miles away."
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"There is a crisis of public morality. Instead of policing bedrooms, we ought to be doing a better job policing boardrooms."


"A leader is someone who steps back from the entire system and tries to build a more collaborative, more innovative system that will work over the long term."


"I wish it were simply a nightmare, but I think that any reasonable person watching American politics would come to the conclusion that a second Bush administration would in fact incorporate a more radicalized version of what we've seen in the first administration."


"We do not want to live in a theocracy. We should maintain that barrier and government has no business telling someone what they ought to believe or how they should conduct their private lives."


"The liberal ideal is that everyone should have fair access and fair opportunity. This is not equality of result. It's equality of opportunity. There's a fundamental difference."


"There will always be a business cycle, and white-collar workers will get hit in the next recession like they always do in recessions."


"True patriotism isn't cheap. It's about taking on a fair share of the burden of keeping America going."


"Median wages of production workers, who comprise 80 percent of the workforce, haven't risen in 30 years, adjusted for inflation."
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