Capitalism undoubtedly has certain boils and blotches upon it, but has it as many as government? Has it as many as marriage? Has it as many as religion? I doubt it. It is the only basic institution of modern man that shows any genuine health and vigor.
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After all, all he did was string together a lot of old, well-known quotations.
Permalink to quote #96 Demagogue: One who preaches doctrines he knows to be untrue to men he knows to be idiots.
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