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I predict future happiness for Americans if they can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of them. – Thomas Jefferson
Jealousy - that dragon which slays love under the pretense of keeping it alive. – Havelock Ellis
Pretense cannot sustain blind power. – Dejan Stojanovic
The Fanaticism which discards the Scripture, under the pretense of resorting to immediate revelations is subversive of every principle of Christianity. For when they boast extravagantly of the Spirit, the tendency is always to bury the Word of God so they may make room for their own falsehoods. – John Calvin
Whenever A annoys or injures B on the pretense of saving or improving X, A is a scoundrel. – Henry Louis Mencken

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