"Anything that isn't opposed by about 40 percent of humanity is either an evil business or so unimportant that it simply doesn't matter.“


-Russell Baker

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Anything that isn't opposed by about 40 percent of humanity is either an evil business or so unimportant that it simply doesn't matter.

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