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" Human beings are the only animals of which I am thoroughly and cravenly afraid. "
George Bernard Shaw
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" In socialism, private property is anathema, and equal distribution of income the first consideration. In capitalism, private property is cardinal, and distribution left to ensue from the play of free contract and selfish interest on that basis, no matter what anomalies it may present. "
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" If I own a large part of Scotland, I can turn the people off the land practically into the sea or across the sea. I can take women in child-bearing and throw them into the snow and leave them there. That has been done. I can do it for no better reason than I think it is better to shoot deer on the land than allow people to live on it. "
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" Imagination is the beginning of creation. You imagine what you desire, you will what you imagine and at last you create what you will. "
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