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America is a large, friendly dog in a very small room. Every time it wags its tail it knocks over a chair.

Arnold Toynbee

It would be well if, in studying the past, we could always bear in mind the problems of the present, and go to that past to seek large views of what is of lasting importance to the human race.

Arnold Toynbee

The proper limits of Government interference are relative to the nature of each particular state and the stage of its civilisation. It is a matter of great importance at the present day for us to discover what these limits are in our own case, for administration bids fair to claim a large share of our attention in the future.

Arnold Toynbee