All History Is Only One Long Story To This Effect: Men Have Struggled For Power Over Their Fellowmen In Order That They Might Win The Joys Of Earth At The Expense Of Others, And Might Shift The Burden Of Life From Their Own Shoulders Upon Those Of Ot - SearchQuotes

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All history is only one long story to this effect: men have struggled for power over their fellowmen in order that they might win the joys of earth at the expense of others, and might shift the burden of life from their own shoulders upon those of ot

William Graham Sumner

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