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The trade of governing has always been monopolized by the most ignorant and the most rascally individuals of mankind.
Thomas Paine
"Reason obeys itself; and ignorance does whatever is dictated to it."
Thomas Paine
"The sublime and the ridiculous are often so nearly related, that it is difficult to class them separately. One step above the sublime makes the ridiculous, and one step above the ridiculous makes the sublime again"
Thomas Paine
To do evil that good may come of it is for bunglers in politics as well as morals.
William Penn
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