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That which we obtain too easily, we esteem too lightly. ↗

— Thomas Paine

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It is more honorable to be raised to a throne than to be born to one. Fortune bestows the one, merit obtains the other. ↗

— Petrarch

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Knowledge which is acquired under compulsion obtains no hold on the mind. ↗

— Plato

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During the period of capital moving from one employment to another, the profits on that to which capital is flowing will be relatively high, but will continue so no longer than till the requisite capital is obtained. ↗

— David Ricardo

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If then the prosperity of the commercial classes, will most certainly lead to accumulation of capital, and the encouragement of productive industry; these can by no means be so surely obtained as by a fall in the price of corn. ↗

— David Ricardo

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It is not by the absolute quantity of produce obtained by either class, that we can correctly judge of the rate of profit, rent, and wages, but by the quantity of labour required to obtain that produce. ↗

— David Ricardo

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The facility of obtaining food is beneficial in two ways to the owners of capital, it at the same time raises profits and increases the amount of consumable commodities. ↗

— David Ricardo

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The pleasures of the mighty are obtained by the tears of the poor. ↗

— Samuel Richardson

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In my book, I detail the critical information we obtained from al Qaeda terrorists after they became compliant following a short period of enhanced interrogation. I have no doubt that that interrogation was legal, necessary and saved lives. ↗

— Jose A. Rodriguez, Jr.

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Truth, like gold, is to be obtained not by its growth, but by washing away from it all that is not gold. ↗

— Leo Tolstoy

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