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" The problem with leaderless uprisings taking over is that you don't always know what you get at the other end. If you are not careful you could replace a bad government with one much worse! "
Chinua Achebe
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" Why has government been instituted at all? Because the passions of men will not conform to the dictates of reason and justice, without constraint. "
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" There's no lack of writers writing novels in America, about America. Therefore, it seems to me it would be wasteful for me to add to that huge number of people writing here when there are so few people writing about somewhere else. "
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