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Two acts of civil disobedience in the twentieth-century history of the United States: (1) In the 1920s much of the population decided to ignore the constitutional prohibition on alcohol consumption, and (2) in 1980s they decided to ignore the 55-mile-per-hour speed limit.
Their decisions ultimately destroyed those restrictions, which failed because the cost of enforcement especially surveillance, was incompatible with a free society.
~ Here Comes Everybody, by Clay Shirky
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The rich would have to eat money if the poor did not provide food. ~ Russian Proverb
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 It isn't that they can't see the solution. It is that they can't see the problem. ~ G.K. Chesterton
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A penny will hide the biggest star in the Universe if you hold it close enough to your eye. ~ Samuel Grafton
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