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In the latter case it is often government that organizes the conquest, and religion that justifies it.

— Jared Diamond

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History, as well as life itself, is complicated; neither life nor history is an enterprise for those who seek simplicity and consistency.

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My hope in writing this book has been that enough people will choose to profit from that opportunity to make a difference.

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Our sex is ultimately laid down by our genes.

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Behavior evolves through natural selection, just as anatomy does. Hence if sex is enjoyable, natural selection must have been responsible for that outcome.

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Remember that impact is the product of two factors: population multiplied times impact per person.

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The moment the idea is admitted into society, that property is not as sacred as the law of God, and that there is not a force of law and public justice to protect it, anarchy and tyranny commence.

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The Puritan hated bear-baiting, not because it gave pain to the bear, but because it gave pleasure to the spectators.

Thomas Babington Macaulay History of England (1849)

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