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The Emperor says to the Pirate: "How dare you think you can molest the seas!" The pirate replies: "I am but a man with a small boat, so you call me a pirate. Y
by Create 17y ago
The Emperor says to the Pirate: "How dare you think you can molest the seas!"
The pirate replies: "I am but a man with a small boat, so you call me a pirate. Yet you have a vast navy, and they call you an Emperor? How dare you think you can molest the world!"
-- Noam Chomsky: Pirates & Emperors
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- whughes 17y agoThe quote is from Augustine's City of God, originally, and it referred to Alexander the Great as the emperor.