No matter how long the winter, spring is sure to follow. ~Proverb
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Democracy is a form of government that substitutes election by the incompetent many for appointment by the corrupt few. ~George Bernard Shaw
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We believe that civilization has been created under the pressure of the exigencies of life at the cost of satisfaction of the instincts. ~Sigmund Freud
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Earth to Democrats; displaying contempt for the American people when you are being paid by those people to serve their interests is generally not a good political move. ~Monica Crowley
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The essence of Government is power; and power, lodged as it must be in human hands, will ever be liable to abuse. ~James Madison
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All I can say right now is the U.S. government is not going to be able to cover this up by jailing or murdering me. Truth is coming, and it cannot be stopped. ~Edward Snowden
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Under capitalism, man exploits man; under socialism, the reverse is true. ~Polish Proverb
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Extremism can flourish only in an environment where basic governmental social responsibility for the welfare of the people is neglected. Political dictatorship and social hopelessness create the desperation that fuels religious extremism. ~Benazir Bhutto
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I'm a little concerned I'm always going to be playing a black guy, you know what I'm saying? ~Dule Hill
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There are some people that we didn't forget, but we don't smile any more when they're mentioned. ~Nizar Qabbani
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Interesting things always come from being really exhausted and really sick. ~Adam Driver
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This Bush administration has a growing credibility gap, maybe even a credibility chasm, on environmental policy. The President has lost the trust of the American people when it comes to the environment. ~Jim Jeffords
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Since the day he came into office, President Bush has worked to gut more than 34 years of hard work by weakening many of our Nation's standing environmental laws, some of which were signed into law by his father. ~Jim Jeffords
#quotes #jim-jeffords #bush #environment

The style developed over decades, really, but I started out writing pretty traditional stories, then became impatient. It was a writer named Russell Edson who showed me that one could write in any way at all. ~Lydia Davis
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An author must be nothing if he do not love truth; a barrister must be nothing if he do. ~Anthony Trollope
#quotes #anthony-trollope #law

The First Amendment only says "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion." It can disrespect all it wants. ~P. J. O'Rourke
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Who lies for you, will lie against you. ~Bosnian Proverb
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I love performing and having people hear my music more that anything. ~Britney Spears
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The course of history shows that as a government grows, liberty decreases. ~Thomas Jefferson
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Conservatives brayed that government should stay out of the private sector; liberals bleated for nationalizing the banks. ~Steven Rattner
#quotes #steven-rattner #government #liberalism #conservativism

Nothing like the road to rub all the sand out of your soul. ~John Clellon Holmes
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One thing about golf is you don't know why you play bad and why you play good. ~George Archer
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Better a diamond with a flaw than a pebble without. ~Chinese Proverb
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Today, in the Internet gold rush, so many people go into dot-com jobs right from school or even before finishing. Their motivation is understandable, but sometimes they just lack experience. ~Mitch Kapor
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With those people, I'm very far apart, because I believe that government access to communications and stored records is valuable when done under tightly controlled conditions which protect legitimate privacy interests. ~Dorothy Denning
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