"Those who matter don't mind, and those who mind don't matter."
"Government is not a substitute for people, but simply the instrument through which they act. And if the individual fails to do his duty as a citizen, government becomes a very deadly instrument indeed."
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Source: Bernard Mannes Baruch (1957). “Baruch: The public years”
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