I do not want to see perpetual warfare in the Middle East. ~Bernie Sanders
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Law represents the effort of man to organize society; governments, the efforts of selfishness to overthrow liberty. ~Henry Ward Beecher
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Whenever the devil harasses you, seek the company of men or drink more, or joke and talk nonsense, or do some other merry thing. Sometimes we must drink more, sport, recreate ourselves, and even sin a little to spite the devil, so that we leave him no place for troubling our consciences with trifles. We are conquered if we try too conscientiously not to sin at all. So when the devil says to you: do not drink, answer him: I will drink, and right freely, just because you tell me not to. ~Martin Luther
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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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If a secret history of books could be written, and the author's private thoughts and meanings noted down alongside of his story, how many insipid volumes would become interesting, and dull tales excite the reader! ~William Makepeace Thackeray
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The course of history shows that as a government grows, liberty decreases. ~Thomas Jefferson
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The South African government, unlike a lot of African governments, isn't poor. ~Charlayne Hunter Gault
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Strong leaders understand that action cures indecision. ~Toyotomi Hideyoshi
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Gossip is hardly uplifting. ~Ginger Rogers
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Conservatives brayed that government should stay out of the private sector; liberals bleated for nationalizing the banks. ~Steven Rattner
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Never underestimate the hypocrisy of politicians. ~James Herbert
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Think of submitting our measure to the advice of politicians! I would as soon submit the subject of the equality of a goose to a fox. ~Anna Howard Shaw
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A handful of patience is worth a bushel of brains. ~Hobart Brown
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I am horrible at remembering names, embarrassingly bad. ~Sam Trammell
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I have a terrific marriage, but unlike a lot of relationships where they ebb and flow, no matter what happens you fall deeper and deeper in love every day. It's kind of the best thing that can happen to you. It's thrilling. ~Hugh Jackman
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The tragedy of ignorance is its complacency. ~Robert Quillen
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I'm happy quite a lot of the time. I've done far more than I ever thought I would have, so I'd be very hard-pressed to walk around miserable. ~Robert Smith
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The first assumption of an art critic is that the artist meant to paint something else. ~Robert Breault
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Translation is not a matter of words only, it is a matter of making intelligible a whole culture. ~Anthony Burgess
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The day I made that statement, about the inventing the internet, I was tired because I had been up all night inventing the Camcorder. ~Al Gore
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For mercy has a human heart; pity, a human face; and love, the human form divine, and peace, the human dress. ~William Blake
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I felt sorry for myself because I had no shoes, until I met a man who had no feet. ~Jewish Proverb
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Are the Democrats going to dance the mandate Macarena? ~Dan Rather
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If Britain was to close down altogether overnight, then China would take up the slack of carbon emissions in two years. If America closed down, just the growth in China's emissions would replace America's emissions in 12 years. ~Christopher Monckton
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Abstinence and fasting cure many a complaint. ~Danish Proverb
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