It isn’t the rich people’s fault that poor people are poor. Poor people who get an education and work hard in this country will stop being poor. That should be the goal for all poor people everywhere.
BEN STEINPolitics is a thankless occupation; I have no interest in it at all.
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The human spirit needs to accomplish, to achieve, to triumph to be happy.
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Greed is a basic part of animal nature. Being against it is like being against breathing or eating. It means nothing.
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If there is no God, why bother to tell the truth? Why not steal?
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I am scared of getting old. I am scared of being ill.
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If there are finer beings than German short hairs, I don’t know what they are. In their eyes is peace.
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The sad fact is that spending rises every year, no matter what people want or say they want.
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I am a Jew, and every single one of my ancestors was Jewish. And it does not bother me even a little bit when people call those beautiful lit up, bejeweled trees Christmas trees. I don’t feel threatened. I don’t feel discriminated against.
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Love of God and compassion and empathy leads you to a very glorious place. Science leads you to killing people.
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Israel being condemned by the EU, which 66 years ago watched with glee as its Jews were being mass murdered. That is pretty rich.
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The indispensable first step to getting the things you want out of life is this: decide what you want.
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Put simply, the rich pay a lot of taxes as a total percentage of taxes collected, but they don’t pay a lot of taxes as a percentage of what they can afford to pay, or as a percentage of what the government needs to close the deficit gap.
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We are the beggars of the world, financing our lavish lifestyle by selling our family heirlooms and by enslaving our progeny with the need to service the debt.
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Israel is our strongest, most reliable ally in the Middle East. Of course, we’re their most reliable ally, too.
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Every morning, I get up, get out of bed, and get on my knees and thank God for waking up in America … (She is) the light of the world … A nation of heroes …
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I don’t like the sound of all the lists he’s making.
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