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Bertrand Russell1 quote
To acquiesce in despair is the very way to make despairing forecasts come true. — Bertrand Russell · 1951George Orwell1 quote
History is written by the winners. — George Orwell · 1944H.L. Mencken1 quote
No one in this world, so far as I know...has ever lost money by underestimating the intelligence of the great masses of the plain people. — H.L. Mencken · 1926