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John Brunner Quotes: We fret about how to keep going the same old way when we should be casting around for another way that’s better.
         

We fret about how to keep going the same old way when we should be casting around for another way that’s better.


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What people want, mainly, is to be told by some plausible authority that what they are already doing is right. I don't know know of a quicker way to become unpopular than to disagree.



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How do you whip up resentment against absentee landlords and pocketers of bribes when the highest ambition of the people is either to become the former or be in a position to receive the latter?



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