History has shown that the masses have been quite receptive to the promises of authoritarians which are rarely if ever fulfilled.
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- Author's profession: Politician
- Nationality: american
- Born: August 20, 1935
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There are things you can’t reach. But
You can reach out to them, and all day long.
The wind, the bird flying away. The idea of god.
And it can keep you busy as anything else, and happier.
I look; morning to night I am never done with looking.
Looking I mean not just standing around, but standing around
As though with your arms open.
Mary Oliver
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