Jimi Hendrix
Musician, Guitarist
"If it was up to me, there wouldn't be no such thing as the establishment."
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Establishment
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Florynce Kennedy
Civil Rights Activist
"I approve of anyone wearing what the establishment says you must not wear."
Karl Marx
Philosopher, Economist
"[Napoleon] swept away everywhere the establishments of feudality. ... [He was] Caesar himself."
George Bernard Shaw
Playwright, Critic
"In the right key one can say anything. In the wrong key, nothing: the only delicate part is the establishment of the key."
George Washington
Military Leader, Politician
"We must take care always to keep ourselves, by suitable establishments, in a respectable defensive posture."
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"You can send a clear message to the establishment"
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"War can only be abolished by the establishment of a world government."
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