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From Life of Galileo, by Bertolt Brecht, translated by John Willett

HANDED

"For a few years I was as strong as the authorities. And I handed my knowledge to those in power for them to use, fail to use, misuse -- whatever best suited their objectives."

From 14, 1633-1642, Galileo Galilei Lives in a House in the Country Near Florence, a Prisoner of the Inquisition till He Dies, the 'Discorsi'

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From Progress and Poverty, by Henry George

TENDENCY

"The tendency of popular discussions to take an ethical form has a cause.  It springs from a law of the human mind; it rests upon a vague and instinctive recognition of what is probably the deepest truth we can grasp.  That alone is wise which is just; that alone is enduring which is right."

From Book VII, Chapter 1, The Injustice of Private Property in Land