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It is our knowledge — the things we are sure of — that makes the world go wrong and keeps us from seeing and learning.

— Lincoln Steffens Autobiography (1931)

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The misgovernment of the American people is misgovernment by the American people.

"So you've been over into Russia?" said Bernard Baruch, and I answered very literally, "I have been over into the future and it works."

I have seen the Future, and it works.

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