It is a sign of a creeping inner death when we no longer can praise the living.
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Capitalism is at its liberating best in a non-capitalist environment. The crypto-businessman is the true revolutionary in a Communist country.
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It is not the wickedness of the old regime the masses rise against but its weakness.
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When cowardice is made respectable, its followers are without number both from among the weak and the strong; it easily becomes a fashion.
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