"[Government] regulation is an imperfect substitute for the accountability, and trust, built into a market in which food producers meet the gaze of eaters and vice versa."

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Michael Pollan

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“If you are searching for sacred knowledge and not just a palliative for your fears, then you will train yourself to be a good skeptic.”
“We libertarians are not the spokesmen for any ethnic or economic class; we are the spokesmen for all classes, for all of the public; we strive to see all of these groups united, hand-in-hand, in opposition to the plundering and privileged minority that constitutes the rulers of the State.”
“When you're older and wiser a lot of the ego has gone out of the window.”
“Is it surprising that modern English land law should resemble a chaos rather than a system?”

Source : Edward Jenks (1922). “A Short History of English Law: From the Earliest Times to the End of the Year 1919”
“Stand up for the things that are right. Try to talk things out instead of fight.”
“I have this strength that comes from knowledge.”
“You have all these things not because you deserve them, but because Jesus shed His blood and gave you the right to have them. All these blessings are yours today because God is for you! And if God is for you, who can be against you!”
“For everybody in their busy lives, you need to invest in sharpening your tools, and you need to invest in longevity.”

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