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“Characteristically, however, the overthrow of the dictator simply means that there will be another dictator. ... the policies they follow will probably not be radically different. If we look around the world, we quickly realize that these policies will not be radically different from those that would be followed by a democracy either.”
Source : Gordon Tullock (1987). “Autocracy”, p.20, Springer Science & Business Media
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“There is one great fact, characteristic of this our nineteenth century, a fact which no party dares deny. On the one hand, there have started into life industrial and scientific forces which no epoch of former human history had ever suspected. On the other hand, there exist symptoms of decay, far surpassing the horrors recorded of the latter times of the Roman empire. In our days everything seems pregnant with its contrary.”
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“Only a soul full of despair can ever attain serenity and, to be in despair, you must have loved a good deal and still love the world.”
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“A small amount of power corrupts a small man absolutely. A little knowledge is dangerous to a little man. To a great man only great knowledge is dangerous.”
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“All David Blaine is is a good-looking magician.”
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“In a country like America, there are places, many states here still where coming out means you lose your job, where coming out means division, where it means potentially abuse.”
Source : Interview with Max Miller, bigthink.com. October 7, 2010. 
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“Any work of art dignifies life.”
Source : Source: onlineathens.com
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“The good news is" he paused, carefully choosing his words, "I kissed you, and you're still here.”
