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" Everybody thinks that equality comes from identifying people, and that's not where equality comes from. "

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" Democracy... is a charming form of government, full of variety and disorder; and dispensing a sort of equality to equals and unequals alike. "

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" If we were to select the most intelligent, imaginative, energetic, and emotionally stable third of mankind, all races would be present. "

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