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Lawrence Reed Economist, Author, Speaker
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"Money is an invention of the marketplace of exchange, brought into being by traders who discovered that a reliable medium could facilitate trades that were more difficult or even impossible by barter alone."

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John Ruskin Art Critic, Writer
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"One of the prevailing sources of misery and crime is in the generally accepted assumption, that because things have been wrong a long time, it is impossible they will ever be right."

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Douglas Adams Writer, Humorist
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"Sherlock Holmes observed that once you have eliminated the impossible then whatever remains, however improbable, must be the answer. I, however, do not like to eliminate the impossible."

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Simone Weil Philosopher, Activist
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"It is only the impossible that is possible for God. He has given over the possible to the mechanics of matter and the autonomy of his creatures."

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George Orwell Writer, Journalist
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"How could you communicate with the future? It was impossible. Either the future would resemble the present in which case it would not listen to him, or it would be different from it, and his predicament would be meaningless."

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