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The scapegoat upon whom the sins of the people are periodically laid, may also be a human being.

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Adam Smith

Wherever there is great property there is great inequality. For one very rich man there must be at least five hundred poor, and the affluence of the few supposes the indigence of the many. The affluence of the rich excites the indignation of the poor, who are often both driven by want, and prompted by envy, to invade his possessions.

Envy, Men, Poor, Rich, Supposes, Want
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It is the interest of every man to live as much at his ease as he can; and if his emoluments are to be precisely the same, whether he does or does not perform some very laborious duty, it is certainly his interest, at least as interest is vulgarly understood, either to neglect it altogether, or, if he is subject to some authority which will not suffer him to do this, to perform it in as careless and slovenly a manner as that authority will permit.

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Goods can serve many other purposes besides purchasing money, but money can serve no other purpose besides purchasing goods.

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People of the same trade seldom meet together, even for merriment and diversion, but the conversation ends in a conspiracy against the public, or in some contrivance to raise prices.

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Corn is a necessary, silver is only a superfluity.

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The robot is going to lose. Not by much. But when the final score is tallied, flesh and blood is going to beat the damn monster.

Beat, Blood, Lose, Monsters, Robot, Technology
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