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“MARRIAGE, n. The state or condition of a community consisting of a master, a mistress and two slaves, making in all, two.” Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary
“But after greater individualization on one hand, and a broader community of interest on the other have come into existence, it is a matter of deliberate effort to sustain and extend them.” John Dewey, Democracy and Education
“Thus from the four preceding articles, the definition of law may be gathered; and it is nothing else than an ordinance of reason for the common good, made by him who has care of the community, and promulgated.” Thomas Aquinas, Summa Theologica
“One friend in a lifetime is much; two are many; three are hardly possible. Friendship needs a certain parallelism of life, a community of thought, a rivalry of aim.” Henry Adams, The Education of Henry Adams
“It is solely on the basis of this common interest that every society should be governed.” Jean-Jacques Rousseau, The Social Contract

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The Social Contract (1)
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