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Maynard James Keenan

"Just in general, any government throughout history hasn't really wanted its people to be educated, because then they couldn't control them as easily."

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"Just in general, any government throughout history hasn't really wanted its people to be educated, because then they couldn't control them as easily."

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"Which government is the best? The one that teaches us to govern ourselves."

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"The ugliest government is the one which is spreading fear to its own people! The finest government is the one which encourages its own people to criticize the government harshly."

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