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• It must be remembered that there is nothing more difficult to plan, more doubtful of success, nor more dangerous to manage, than the creation of a new system.
  For the initiator has the emnity of all who would profit by the preservation of the old institutions and merely lukewarm defenders in those who would gain by the new ones....
• It must be remembered that there is nothing more difficult to plan, more doubtful of success, nor more dangerous to manage, than the creation of a new system.
  For the initiator has the enmity of all who would profit by the preservation of the old institutions and merely lukewarm defenders in those who would gain by the new ones....
• There is nothing more difficult to take in hand, more perilous to conduct, or more uncertain in its success, than to take the lead in the introduction of a new order of things.
  -- Niccolo Machiavelli (1469-1527), "The Prince...
• The following is taken from the editorial section of the local newspaper in Rockingham.
  "In order to save a considerable amount of money, Rockingham's century-old town hall should be torn down and replaced by the larger and more energy-efficient building that some citizens have proposed....
• The oldest of all philosophies, that of Evolution, was bound hand and foot and cast into utter darkness during the millennium of theological scholasticism.
  But Darwin poured new lifeblood into the ancient frame...
• Success provides more opportunities to say things than the number of things a pundit has worth saying.
  -- Douglas Pike...
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  This program generates random characters, and, given enough time, will undoubtedly come up with something profound....