"In a closed society where everybody's guilty, the only crime is getting caught. In a world of thieves, the only final sin is stupidity.“


-Hunter S. Thompson

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In a closed society where everybody's guilty, the only crime is getting caught. In a world of thieves, the only final sin is stupidity.

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