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He drew himself up and said with dignity: “We administer justice, Mr. Courtenay. And an ancient, basic tenet of justice is: ‘Better that one thousand innocents suffer unjustly than one guilty person be permitted to escape.’”

— Frederik Pohl The Space Merchants (1953)

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Advertising reaches out to touch the fantasy part of people's lives. And you know, most people's fantasies are pretty sad.

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