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— Henry George"Poverty is the openmouthed relentless hell which yawns beneath civilized society. And it is hell enough."
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There never has yet existed a wealthy and civilized society in which one portion of the community did not, in point of fact, live on the labor of the other.
— John C. Calhoun
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Policemen and laws can never replace customs, traditions and moral values as a means for regulating human behavior. At best, the police and criminal justice system are the last desperate line of defense for a civilized society. Our increased reliance on laws to regulate behavior is a measure of how uncivilized we’ve become.
— D. Todd Christofferson
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