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Frankly, I’d like to see the government get out of war altogether and leave the whole field to private industry.

Joseph Heller

But that was war. Just about all he could find in its favor was that it paid well and liberated children from the pernicious influence of their parents.
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Children Favor Influence Liberation Parents War
There was no telling what people might find out once they felt free to ask whatever questions they wanted to.
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Freedom People Question Want
Destiny is a good thing to accept when it’s going your way. When it isn’t, don’t call it destiny; call it injustice, treachery, or simple bad luck.
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Acceptance Bad Luck Destiny Injustice
Men went mad and were rewarded with medals.
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Deep Mad Medal Men Reward
You’re an intelligent person of great moral character who has taken a very courageous stand. I’m an intelligent person with no moral character at all, so I’m in an ideal position to appreciate it.
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Appreciation Character Courage Intelligence Moral
Something did happen to me somewhere that robbed me of confidence and courage and left me with a fear of discovery and change and a positive dread of everything unknown that may occur.
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Change Confidence Courage Discovery Dread Fear Lost
The country was in peril; he was jeopardizing his traditional rights of freedom and independence by daring to exercise them.
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Country Dare Exercise Freedom Independence Traditonal
I don’t understand the process of imagination-though I know that I am very much at its mercy.
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Imagination Mercy Process Understand
Success and failure are both difficult to endure. Along with success come drugs, divorce, fornication, bullying, travel, meditation, medication, depression, neurosis and suicide. With failure comes failure.
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Bulling Difficult Drug Endurance Failure Meditation Success Suicide
History was a trash bag of random coincidences torn open in a wind.
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Bag Coincidence History Open Random Trash Wind
I think in every country that there is at least one executive who is scared of going crazy.
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Country Crazy Executive Scare
Peace on earth would mean the end of civilization as we know it.
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Civilization Earth End Peace
Rise above principal and do what’s right.
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Inspirational One Liner Principle Right Rise
From men motivated by moral certitude, history teaches, no lasting good ever comes.
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Goodness History Moral Teaching
Insanity is contagious.
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Contagious Insane One Liner
I wouldn’t want to live without strong misgivings.
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Freedom Live Strong

Frankly, I’d like to see the government get out of war altogether and leave the whole field to private industry.

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