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Property is organized robbery.
George Bernard Shaw
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George Bernard Shaw
Age: 94 †
Born: 1856
Born: July 26
Died: 1950
Died: November 2
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I make a fortune from criticizing the policy of the government, and then hand it over to the government in taxes to keep it going.
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My method is to take the utmost trouble to find the right thing to say, and then to say it with the utmost levity.
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