"To announce that there must be no criticism of the President, or that we are to stand by the President, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public.
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Selected Quotes
"The subjects of every state ought to contribute towards the support of the government, as nearly as possible, in proportion to their respective abilities; that is, in proportion to the revenue which they respectively enjoy under the protection of the state.
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"The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits.
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"When a man sits with a pretty girl for an hour, it seems like a minute. But let him sit on a hot stove for a minute and it‘s longer than any hour. That‘s relativity.
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"There are 10 types of people in this world, those that understand binary, and those that don't.
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"If you’re going to be an atheist, you should be having a lot more fun.
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"There is increasing evidence that Bigfoot may not be as benign as some people think
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"I think for us to get American military personell involved in a civil war inside Iraq would literally be a quagmire. Once we got to Baghdad, what would we do? ... I do not think the United States wants to have U.S. military forces accept casualties and accept responsibility of trying to govern Iraq. It makes no sense at all.
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"Q: If you could live forever, would you and why?
A: I would not live forever, because we should notlive forever, because if we were supposed to live forever, then we would live forever, but we cannot live forever, which is why I would not live forever. "
A: I would not live forever, because we should notlive forever, because if we were supposed to live forever, then we would live forever, but we cannot live forever, which is why I would not live forever. "
"The war situation has developed not necessarily to Japan’s advantage.
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"The word "genius" isn't applicable in football. A genius is a guy like Norman Einstein.
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"The only function of economic forecasting is to make astrology look respectable.
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"Always tell the truth. That way, you don't have to remember what you said.
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"Politics is not the art of the possible; It is the art of choosing between the disastrous and the unpalatable.
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"Bernard of Chartres (1030-1170) used to say that we are like dwarfs on the shoulders of giants, so that we can see more than they, and things at a greater distance, not by virtue of any sharpness of sight on our part, or any physical distinction, but because we are carried high and raised up by their giant size.
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