>>>In the end they will lay their freedom at our feet, and say to us, "Make us your slaves, but feed us."
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>FWIW, here is the invariably snipped-out continuation of this quotation from the Grand Inquisitor:
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>>>They will understand themselves, at last, that freedom and bread enough for all are inconceivable together, for never, never will they be able to share between them!
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>Never able to share?! Freedom and bread for all cannot co-exist?! What a lovely fellow. Doesn't sound like anybody you'd vote for.
He put it into the mouth of a very cynical character. It was a picture of that cynical attitude he put against few really selfless personae and deeds scattered throughout the book.
Anything can be proven with proper sampling.