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Writing fiction has become a priestly business in countries that have lost their faith.

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Of all recent presidents, Clinton was expected to behave the most sensibly in economic matters. He understood how the economy works. But because he had used various dodges to stay out of the Vietnam War, he came to office ill at ease with the military.
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Economy Himself President Understand Work
There is only one party in the United States: the Property party… and it has two right wings: Republican and Democrat.
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Democracy Party Politics Republic
When I say ‘president,’ I still mean Roosevelt – wisely, I think.
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Myself President Thinking
I’m not a conspiracy theorist – I’m a conspiracy analyst.
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Conspiracy Myself Theory
World War II made prosperous the United States, which had been undergoing a depression for a dozen years, and made very rich those magnates and their managers who govern the republic – with many a wink – in the people’s name.
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Depression Government Manager Name People Public Rich War
Envy is the central fact of American life.
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Central Fact Life
Does one ever read a politician’s books?
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Book Oneself Politics Reading
I don’t even read most reviews, unless there is a potential lawsuit on view.
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Law Myself Potential Reading Review View
Television is now so desperately hungry for material that they’re scraping the top of the barrel.
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Material Media Television Top
I know a lot of the Annapolis breed.
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Known Myself
The corporate grip on opinion in the United States is one of the wonders of the Western world. No First World country has ever managed to eliminate so entirely from its media all objectivity – much less dissent.
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Elimination Management Media Object Opinion World
Remember, I’m West Point, where I was born. My father went there.
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Born Father Myself Remember
To get people to do needed things is the perennial hard task of government, not to mention of religion and philosophy.
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Government Need People Philosophy Religion
The media can’t get anything straight.
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Media Straight
I think I have a normal threshold of anger, but it’s true that I am, by nature, belligerent.
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Angry Myself Nature Thinking
To a man, ornithologists are tall, slender, and bearded so that they can stand motionless for hours, imitating kindly trees, as they watch for birds.
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