When I say ‘president,’ I still mean Roosevelt – wisely, I think.
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When I say ‘president,’ I still mean Roosevelt – wisely, I think.
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I’m not a conspiracy theorist – I’m a conspiracy analyst.
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I never said I was gay, because I don’t think anyone is.
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Policemen are seldom tried for their crimes, or indeed, held responsible for what they do, which disturbs the peace and causes distress among the orderly.
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Americans have no idea of the extent of their government’s mischief… the number of military strikes we have made unprovoked, against other countries, since 1947 is more than 250.
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All in all, I would not have missed this century for the world.
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The only thing that I react really violently to is being misquoted.
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It is always a delicate matter, when a friend or acquaintance becomes president.
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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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What other culture could have produced someone like Hemingway and not seen the joke?
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You cannot deprive somebody of life, liberty, pursuit of happiness, because that is a right – constitutional right.
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The unfed mind devours itself.
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I cannot remember when I was not fascinated by Henry Adams.
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I’m all for bringing back the birch, but only between consenting adults.
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