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To the mind of the ancients, who knew something of such matters, liberty and prosperity seemed hardly compatible, yet modern liberalism wants them together.

— George Santayana Soliloquies in England and Later Soliloquies (1922)

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Fanaticism consists in redoubling your efforts when you have forgotten your aim.

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Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.

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