The human being is an unequal creature. That is a fact. And we start o…

Lee Kuan Yew
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The human being is an unequal creature. That is a fact. And we start off with the proposition. All the great religions, all the great movements, all the great political ideology, say let us make the human being as equal as possible. In fact, he is not equal, never will be.
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