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«When any government, or church for that matter, undertakes to say to it's subjects, this you may not read, this you must not see, this you are forbidden to know the end result is tyranny and oppression, no matter how holy the motive.»
Author: Robert Heinlein
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forbidden, for that matter, holy, motive, oppression, subjects, subject matter, undertakes
«When the shallow critics denounce the profit motive inherent in our system of private enterprise, they ignore the fact that it is an economic support of every human right we possess and without it, all rights would soon disappear»
Author: Dwight David Eisenhower
(President)
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Criticism
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denounce, economic system, enterprise, human right, inherent, motive, Private enterprise, shallow, support system
«When you buy a vase cheap, look for the flaw; when a man offers favors, look for the motive»
«What ever the motive for the insult, it is always best to overlook it; for folly doesn't deserve resentment, and malice is punished by neglect.»
«What makes life dreary is the want of a motive.»
Author: T.S. Eliot
(Critic, Editor, Playwright, Poet)
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Life,
Motives
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