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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Government is at best useless, and at worst counter-productive. ~Kakha Bendukidze
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Envy is thin because it bites but never eats. ~Spanish Proverb
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Fire in the heart sends smoke into the head. ~Proverb
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The fire you kindle for your enemy often burns yourself more than them. ~Chinese Proverb
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What soap is to the body, laughter is to the soul. ~Yiddish Proverb
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God made time, but man made haste. ~Irish Proverb
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What kind of knife is this? Locke held a rounded buttering utensil up for Chains' inspection. It's all wrong. You couldn't kill anyone with this. ~Scott Lynch
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Since the house is on fire let us warm ourselves. ~Italian Proverb
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A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush. ~American Proverb
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The idea of atomic energy is illusionary but it has taken so powerful a hold on the minds, that although I have preached against it for twenty-five years, there are still some who believe it to be realizable. ~Nikola Tesla
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Beware of a silent dog and still water. ~German Proverb
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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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Anyone who is not an anarchist agrees with having a policeman at the corner of the street; but the danger at present is that of finding the policeman half-way down the chimney or even under the bed. ~Gilbert K. Chesterton
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A postponement till morning, a postponement for ever. ~Irish Proverb
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Earth is dearer than gold. ~English Proverb
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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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The whole moon and the entire sky are reflected in one dewdrop on the grass. ~Zen Proverb
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In 1950, American families sent 1 of 50 of their hard earned dollars to Washington; today it is 1 in 4. ~John Ensign
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Behind every kick of the ball there has to be a thought. ~Dennis Bergkamp
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Visits always give pleasure, if not the arrival, the departure. ~Portuguese Proverb
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Ideas without execution are hallucinations. ~Thomas A. Edison
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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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I know that military alliances and armament have been the reliance for peace for centuries, but they do not produce peace; and when war comes, as it inevitably does under such conditions, these armaments and alliances but intensify and broaden the conflict. ~Frank B. Kellogg
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