"Liberty doesn't work as well in practice as it does in speeches."
-Will Rogers
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"America is becoming so educated that ignorance will be a novelty. I will belong to the select few.“
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"The more that learn to read the less learn how to make a living. That's one thing about a little education. It spoils you for actual work. The more you know the more you think somebody owes you a living."
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