When watching men of power in action it must be always kept in mind that, whether they know it or not, their main purpose is the elimination or neutralization of the independent individual- the independent voter, consumer, worker, owner, thinker- and that every device they employ aims at turning men into a manipulable "animated instrument" which is Aristotle's definition of a slave.
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It is only doubt that creates. It is only the minority that counts.
Yield to temptation; it may not pass your way again.
Yield to temptation; it may not pass your way again.
Beauty is not diminished by being shared.
Beauty is not diminished by being shared.
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