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It is common talk that every individual is entitled to economic security. The only animals and birds I know that have economic security are those that have been domesticated—and the economic security they have is controlled by the barbed-wire fence, the butcher's knife and the desire of others. They are milked, skinned, egged or eaten up by their protectors.

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If you know a better place to live right now than this country, get a ticket and try to get there.

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Unless we think of others and do something for them, we miss one of the greatest sources of happiness.

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We must get rid of the silly, sloppy idea that all people are equal in capacity.

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The potential possibilities of any child are the most intriguing and stimulating in all creation.

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The modern mind is in complete disarray. Knowledge has stretched itself to the point where neither the world nor our intelligence can find any foot-hold. It is a fact that we are suffering from nihilism.
Albert Camus

Ray Lyman Wilbur

Ray Lyman Wilbur
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Born: April 13, 1875
Died: June 26, 1949 (aged 74)
Bio: Ray Lyman Wilbur was an American medical doctor who served as the third president of Stanford University and was the 31st United States Secretary of the Interior.

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