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" Those in possession of absolute power can not only prophesy and make their prophecies come true, but they can also lie and make their lies come true. "

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" We all have private ails. The troublemakers are they who need public cures for their private ails. "

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" There is probably an element of malice in our readiness to overestimate people - we are, as it were, laying up for ourselves the pleasure of later cutting them down to size. "