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— Frederick Douglass"What I ask for the Negro is not benevolence, not pity, not sympathy, but simply justice."
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Politeness is fictitious benevolence.
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Conservatives say the government can't end poverty by force, but they believe it can use force to make people moral. Liberals say government can't make people be moral, but they believe it can end poverty. Neither group attempts to explain why government is so clumsy and destructive in one area but a paragon of efficiency and benevolence in the other.
— Harry Browne
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