There is one kind of prison where the man is behind bars, and everything that he desires is outside; and there is another kind where the things are behind the bars, and the man is outside.

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Into this wild-beast tangle these men had been born without their consent, they had taken part in it because they could not help it; that they were in jail was no disgrace to them, for the game had never been fair, the dice were loaded. They were swindlers and thieves of pennies and dimes, and they had been trapped and put out of the way by the swindlers and thieves of millions of dollars.

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One of the necessary accompaniments of capitalism in a democracy is political corruption.

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I aimed at the public's heart, and by accident I hit it in the stomach.

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You don't have to be satisfied with America as you find it. You can change it. I didn't like the way I found America some sixty years ago, and I've been trying to change it ever since.

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It is foolish to be convinced without evidence, but it is equally foolish to refuse to be convinced by real evidence.

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Fascism is capitalism plus murder.

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American journalism is a class institution, serving the rich and spurning the poor.

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I don't know whether anyone will care to examine my heart, but if they do, they will find two words there- 'social justice.' For that is what I have believed in and fought for.

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They use everything about the hog except the squeal.

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