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“I don't think people realise how the establishment became established. It simply stole the land and property off the poor, surrounded themselves with weak minded sycophants for protection, gave themselves titles and have been wielding power ever since.”
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“Where misunderstanding serves others as an advantage, one is helpless to make oneself understood”
― The Liberal Imagination: Essays on Literature and Society
― The Liberal Imagination: Essays on Literature and Society

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― Moby-Dick or, The Whale
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