Monarchies, aristocracies, and religions are all based upon that large defect in your race -- the individual's distrust of his neighbor, and his desire, for safety's or comfort's sake, to stand well in his neighbor's eye. These institutions will always remain, and always flourish, and always oppress you, affront you, and degrade you, because you will always be, and remain, slaves of minorities. There was never a country where the majority of the people were in their secret hearts loyal to any of these institutions.

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Mark Twain: "Monarchies, aristocracies, and religions are all based upon that large defect in your race -- the individual's distrust of his neighbor, and his desire, for safety's or comfort's sake, to stand well in his neighbor's eye. These institutions will always remain, and always flourish, and always oppress you, affront you, and degrade you, because you will always be, and remain, slaves of minorities. There was never a country where the majority of the people were in their secret hearts loyal to any of these institutions."

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Comforts	Country	Defect	Degrade
Desire	Distrust	Flourish	Hearts
Individuals	Institutions	Large	Loyal
Majority	Minorities	Monarchies	Neighbor
Neighbors	Oppress	People	Race
Religions	Remain	Safetys	Sake
Secret	Slaves	Stand	These
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Monarchies, aristocracies, and religions are all based upon that large defect in your race -- the individual's distrust of his neighbor, and his desire, for safety's or comfort's sake, to stand well in his neighbor's eye. These institutions will always remain, and always flourish, and always oppress you, affront you, and degrade you, because you will always be, and remain, slaves of minorities. There was never a country where the majority of the people were in their secret hearts loyal to any of these institutions. - Mark Twain