"Whether it be politics, philosophy, religion or anything else, the once cardinal characteristic of truth is simplicity. The greatest truths that that man ever heard where spoken in the language of simplicity in the streets of Jerusalem. Simplicity and truth stand together, and whenever you get complexity, beware, because there is a falsity somewhere."
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Andrew Maclaren
1883 β 1975
Andrew MacLaren (28 May 1883 β 1975) Member of UK Parliament during the 20th Century. His passions were economic justice and art; he persistently campaigned for Land Value Taxation, and he was a painter.
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