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The power which establishes a state is violence; the power which maintains it is violence; the power which eventually overthrows it is violence.
For although Claudius had been accused of gambling and drunkenness, not only were no worse sins laid to his charge, but he had successfully established some claim to being considered a learned man.
| Kamal Ahmed, Comedian (1966) |
| Sidney Altman, Scientist (1939) |
| Jan Peter Balkenende, Statesman (1956) |
| Anne Baxter, Actress (1923) |
| Joseph Cannon, Politician (1836) |
| Angela Carter, Novelist (1940) |
| Owen Hart, Entertainer (1965) |
| Joseph Joubert, Writer (1754) |
| Edwin Land, Inventor (1909) |
| Frederick Kelly, Athlete (1974) |
| Stanislaw Lec, Poet (1966) |


