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In poor countries, officials receive explicit bribes; in D.C. they get the sophisticated, implicit, ...

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Nassim Nicholas TalebThe Bed of Procrustes: Philosophical and Practical Aphorisms

When they call the roll in the Senate, the Senators do not know whether to answer 'Present' or 'Not ...

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Is ours a government of the people, by the people, for the people, or a kakistocracy rather, for the...

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It is extremely dangerous to encourage people to see themselves as [inherently] exceptional, whateve...

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When avarice takes the lead in a state, it is commonly the forerunner of its fall.

When avarice takes the lead in a state, it is commonly the forerunner of its fall.

The Government cannot be concerned any longer with outmoded penelogical theories. Cram criminals tog...

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You've sinned, I suppose, but your punishment has been out of all proportion. They have turned you i...

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At times there's something so precise and mathematically chilling about nationalism.Build a dam to t...

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Are there good governments and bad governments? No, there are only bad governments and worse governm...

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I was right outside the NSA [on 9/11], so I remember the tension on that day. I remember hearing on ...

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That was what you did. You died. You did not know what it was about. They threw you in and told you ...

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The more you can escape from how horrible things really are, the less it's going to bother you...and...

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The most dangerous man to any government is the man who is able to think things out for himself, wit...

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Imagine a problem in psychology: to find a way of getting people in our day and age - Christians, hu...

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