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Under dictatorship, the people in prison are always superior to the people who put them there.

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Evan Esar
Age: 95 †
Born: 1899
Born: January 1
Died: 1995
Died: January 1
American Humorist
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Dictatorship
Superior
Superiors
Prison
Always
People

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