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The large defect

By liza
Created 28 May 2007 - 1:55am

"Monarchies, aristocracies, and religions are all based upon that large defect in your race - the individual's distrust of his neighbor, and his desire, for safety's or comfort's sake, to stand well in his neighbor's eye. These institutions will always remain, and always flourish, and always oppress you, affront you, and degrade you, because you will always be and remain slaves of minorities. There was never a country where the majority of the people were in their secret hearts loyal to any of these institutions."


— Mark Twain, American Writer
The Mysterious Stranger - The Chronicles of Young Satan [1]



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