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Cool quote. It reminds me of the Milton quote prefacing _Manufacturing
Consent_ (The film): "Those who have put out men's eyes reproach them for
their blindness."

Where's the Brecht quote from?

Peter Stone
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> Bertolt Brecht said,
>
> Those who take bread from our mouths
> Preach self-restraint...
> Those who lead the country off the cliff
> Call ruling too difficult
> For ordinary men.

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