Men do not desire to be rich, but to be richer than other men.
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The general tendency of things throughout the world is to render mediocrity the ascendant power among mankind.
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The only power deserving the name is that of masses, and of governments while they make themselves the organ of the tendencies and instincts of masses.
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It is questionable if all the mechanical inventions yet made have lightened the day's toil of any human being.
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The sole end for which mankind are warranted, individually or collectively, in interfering with the liberty of action of any of their number, is self-protection.
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