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As the age of television progresses the Reagans will be the rule, not the exception. To be perfect for television is all a President has to be these days.

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There is no such thing as a homosexual or a heterosexual person. There are only homo- or heterosexual acts. Most people are a mixture of impulses if not practices.
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Obama just came swiftly out of nowhere, which was a relief to those of us who care about the Republic, and at first he seemed a very good thing.
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It’s odd to meet a rather elderly man who says, ‘I’ve been reading you all my life.’ It makes you feel a slight chill.
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Feeling Life Man Yourself
It’s always best to stay out of other people’s divorces. And their civil wars.
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On September 5, 1774, forty-five of the weightiest colonial men formed the First Continental Congress at Philadelphia.
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When I say ‘president,’ I still mean Roosevelt – wisely, I think.
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I’m not paranoid, no. I’m different in that I have enemies. Very real ones.
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I was like everyone else when Obama was elected – optimistic.
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At any given moment, public opinion is a chaos of superstition, misinformation and prejudice.
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Now you have people in Washington who have no interest in the country at all. They’re interested in their companies, their corporations grabbing Caspian oil.
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Apparently, a democracy is a place where numerous elections are held at great cost without issues and with interchangeable candidates.
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A friend was surprised to hear me say that there was not one moment of my past that I would like to relive.
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On 16 September 1985, when the Commerce Department announced that the United States had become a debtor nation, the American Empire died.
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As for my support for Obama, remember that I was brought up in Washington. It was an all-black city when I was a kid. And I’ve always been very pro-African-American – or whatever phrase we now use.
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The behaviour of President Bush on 11 September certainly gives rise to not unnatural suspicions.
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To a man, ornithologists are tall, slender, and bearded so that they can stand motionless for hours, imitating kindly trees, as they watch for birds.
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As the age of television progresses the Reagans will be the rule, not the exception. To be perfect for television is all a President has to be these days.

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