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William Graham Sumner Quotes: If you allow a political catchword to go on and grow, you will awaken some day to find it standing over you, arbiter of your destiny, against which you are powerless.
         

If you allow a political catchword to go on and grow, you will awaken some day to find it standing over you, arbiter of your destiny, against which you are powerless.


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We shall find that every effort to realize equality necessitates a sacrifice of liberty.



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