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The request of industry to government is as modest as that of Diogenes to Alexander: Get out of my light.

Jeremy Bentham

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Jeremy Bentham
Died: 1832
Died: June 6
Human Rights Activist
Jurist
Lawyer
Merchant
Philosopher
Political Scientist
Suffragist
Gamaliel Smith
Philip Beauchamp
Industry
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Diogenes
Alexander
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