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Selected from Michael Moncur's Collection of Quotations - October 12, 2026
A government that robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul.
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George Bernard Shaw (1856 - 1950), Everybody's Political What's What? (1944) ch. 30  
There is a great deal of difference between an eager man who wants to read a book and the tired man who wants a book to read.
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G. K. Chesterton (1874 - 1936)  
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The spirit of resistance to government is so valuable on certain occasions, that I wish it always to be kept alive.
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Thomas Jefferson (1743 - 1826)  
You must learn from the mistakes of others. You can't possibly live long enough to make them all yourself.
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Sam Levenson (1911 - 1980)  
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