“Hence it is evident that the state is a creation of nature, and that man is by nature a political animal. And he who by nature and not by mere accident is without a state, is either a bad man or above humanity…” 

  – Aristotle 

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“Our deepest insights must–and should–appear as follies, and under certain circumstances as crimes, when they come unauthorizedly to the ears of those who are not disposed and predestined for them.” 

 – Nietzsche 

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“The Pope! How many divisions has he got?” 

 – Stalin