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A certain amount of opposition is a great help to a man. Kites rise against, not with, the wind.
Lewis Mumford
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Lewis Mumford
Age: 94 †
Born: 1895
Born: October 19
Died: 1990
Died: January 26
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Adding highway lanes to deal with traffic congestion is like loosening your belt to cure obesity.
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The way people in democracies think of the government as something different from themselves is a real handicap. And, of course, sometimes the government confirms their opinion.
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Misery, mutilation, destruction, terror, starvation and death characterize the process of war and form a principal part of the product.
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War vies with magic in its efforts to get something for nothing.
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