Mad, adj. Affected with a high degree of intellectual independence.
AMBROSE BIERCEThe partisan strife in which the people of the country are permitted to periodically engage does not tend to the development of ugly traits of character, but merely discloses those that preexist.
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Vote: the instrument and symbol of a freeman’s power to make a fool of himself and a wreck of his country.
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Quotation, n: The act of repeating erroneously the words of another.
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Patriotism. Combustible rubbish ready to the torch of any one ambitious to illuminate his name.
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Optimism – the doctrine or belief that everything is beautiful, including what is ugly.
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RUMOR, n. A favorite weapon of the assassins of character.
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Perseverance – a lowly virtue whereby mediocrity achieves an inglorious success.
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There is nothing new under the sun but there are lots of old things we don’t know.
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Responsibility, n. A detachable burden easily shifted to the shoulders of God, Fate, Fortune, Luck or one’s neighbor. In the days of astrology it was customary to unload it upon a star.
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Optimist – A proponent of the doctrine that black is white.
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Abstainer: a weak person who yields to the temptation of denying himself a pleasure.
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Democracy is defended in 3 stages. Ballot Box, Jury Box, Cartridge Box.
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Conservative, n: A statesman who is enamored of existing evils, as distinguished from the Liberal who wishes to replace them with others.
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Religion. A daughter of Hope and Fear, explaining to Ignorance the nature of the Unknowable.
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Alliance – in international politics, the union of two thieves who have their hands so deeply inserted in each other’s pockets that they cannot separately plunder a third.
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Scriptures – The sacred books of our holy religion, as distinguished from the false and profane writings on which all other faiths are based.
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