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“The deadliest foe to virtue would be complete self-knowledge”. –F.H. Bradley

“I have unwittingly ruined my country. A great industrial nation is controlled by its system of credit. Our system of credit is concentrated in the hands of a few men. We have come to be one of the worst ruled, one of the most completely controlled and dominated governments in the world… no longer a government of free opinion, no longer a government by conviction and vote of the majority, but a government by the opinion and duress of small groups of dominant men”. –Woodrow Wilson

“He who cherishes a beautiful vision, a lofty ideal in his heart, will one day realize it”. –James Allen

“The ideal American-type is perfectly expressed by the Protestant, individualist, anti-conformist, and this is the type that is in the process of disappearing. In reality, there are few left”. –Orson Welles

“Inside every cynical person, there is a disappointed idealist”. –George Carlin