"The left has come to regard common sense - the traditional wisdom and folkways of the community - as an obstacle to progress and enlightenment."
-Christopher Lasch
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"Environmentalism opposes reckless innovation and makes conservation the central order of business.“
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"Nothing succeeds like the appearance of success."
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