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You ought never to take anything that don't belong to you--if you cannot
carry it off. It is better to take what does not belong to you than to let it lie around
neglected. |
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| All the territorial possessions of all
the political establishments in the earth--including America, of course--consist
of pilferings from other people's wash. No tribe, howsoever insignificant,
and no nation, howsoever mighty occupies a foot of land that was not stolen. - Following the Equator |
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Though it is beyond any doubt that many a bad little
boy has reaped lucrative income by confiscating the pennies given him
for missionary contributions. It is the proudest reflection of my life
that I never did that--never did it more than once or twice, anyhow.
- "Mark Twain's Lecture," Hartford Courant, 24 November 1869, p. 2 |
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