“The worth of a state in the long run is the worth of the individuals composing it.”
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Barbara Tuchman
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D.H. Lawrence
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George Orwell
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Karl Marx
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Adam Smith
2 quotes“There is a great deal of ruin in a nation.”
Lord Byron
2 quotes“Society is now one polished horde Formed of two mighty tribes the Bores and Bored.”
Margaret Mitchell
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Erica Jong
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Thomas Paine
1 quote“The instant formal government is abolished, society begins to act. A general association takes place, and common interes...”
John Fowles
1 quote“Sometimes to return is a vulgarity.”