The country was in peril; he was jeopardizing his traditional rights of freedom and independence by daring to exercise them.
JOSEPH HELLERPeace on earth would mean the end of civilization as we know it.
More Joseph Heller Quotes
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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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What do you do when it rains?” The captain answered frankly. “I get wet.
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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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Remember that everyone deserves some fun during working hours.
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Men went mad and were rewarded with medals.
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When I grow up I want to be a little boy.
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Just because you’re paranoid doesn’t mean they aren’t after you.
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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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From men motivated by moral certitude, history teaches, no lasting good ever comes.
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Rise above principal and do what’s right.
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Well, he died. You don’t get any older than that.
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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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I don’t understand the process of imagination-though I know that I am very much at its mercy.
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He was never without misery, and never without hope.
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