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There is no stopping the world's tendency to throw off imposed restraints, the religious authority that is based on the ignorance of the many, the political authority that is based on the knowledge of the few.

Van Wyck Brooks

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Die Tendenz der Welt, aufgezwungene Beschränkungen aufzugeben, die religiöse Autorität, die auf der Unwissenheit der Vielen beruht, die politische Autorität, die auf dem Wissen der wenigen beruht, kann nicht aufhalten.

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