The country was in peril; he was jeopardizing his traditional rights of freedom and independence by daring to exercise them.
JOSEPH HELLERNever quit a job as a matter of principle. You’ll always regret it.
More Joseph Heller Quotes
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Anything worth dying for is certainly worth living for.
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The laws of nature are only as immutable as the minds which promote them. Ignorance of the law is 9/10ths of the law. Just because you aren’t paranoid doesn’t mean they aren’t out to get you.
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I don’t understand the process of imagination-though I know that I am very much at its mercy.
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I think in every country that there is at least one executive who is scared of going crazy.
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For war there is always enough. It’s peace that’s expensive.
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The question is: what is a sane man to do in an insane society?
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When I look up, I see people cashing in. I don’t see heaven or saints or angels. I see people cashing in on every decent impulse and every human tragedy.
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It doesn’t make a damned bit of difference who wins the war to someone who’s dead.
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Let’s take a drive into the middle of nowhere with a packet of Marlboro lights and talk about our lives.
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She was the epitome of stately sorrow each time she smiled.
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In the long run, failure was the only thing that worked predictably. All else was accidental.
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Rise above principal and do what’s right.
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Remember that everyone deserves some fun during working hours.
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There was no telling what people might find out once they felt free to ask whatever questions they wanted to.
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The villains will come along. There were plenty in the Carter administration, and there will be plenty with Reagan.
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