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" ...   I think for my part one half of the nation is mad – and the other not very sound   ... "

Tobias Smollett

" ...   Little else is requisite to carry a state to the highest degree of opulence from the lowest barbarism, but peace, easy taxes and a tolerable administration of justice   ... "

Adam Smith

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