"These capitalists generally act harmoniously and in concert to fleece the people, and now that they have got into a quarrel with themselves, we are called upon to appropriate the people's money to settle the quarrel." -- Abraham Lincoln (b. 1809-02-12, d. 1865-04-15; 16th President of the United States), January 1837
"If the misery of the poor be caused, not by the laws of nature, but by our institutions, [then] great is our sin." -- Charles Darwin (b. 1809-02-12, d. 1882-04-19), Voyage of the Beagle, 1839
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