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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.

Ray Lyman Wilbur

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

Ray Lyman Wilbur

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

Ray Lyman Wilbur

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

Ray Lyman Wilbur

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

Ray Lyman Wilbur

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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