Actually, I can’t remember when I was not writing.
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Nearly everyone who goes into a campaign is not only eager for the place he hopes to fill but for what might come after.
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Of all recent presidents, Clinton was expected to behave the most sensibly in economic matters. He understood how the economy works. But because he had used various dodges to stay out of the Vietnam War, he came to office ill at ease with the military.
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There is only one party in the United States: the Property party… and it has two right wings: Republican and Democrat.
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If you are a Representative and want to be a Senator, you must be careful not to do anything which might upset the various forces you need to harness to get elected.
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Both Marx and Christ agree that in this life, a right action is consideration for the welfare of others.
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The genius of our ruling class is that it has kept a majority of the people from ever questioning the inequity of a system where most people drudge along, paying heavy taxes for which they get nothing in return.
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The four most beautiful words in our common language: I told you so.
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The first grown-up book that I read on my own was a nineteenth-century edition of ‘Tales from Livy’ that I’d found in my grandfather’s library.
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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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Apparently, a democracy is a place where numerous elections are held at great cost without issues and with interchangeable candidates.
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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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I never miss a chance to have sex or appear on television.
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I’m not paranoid, no. I’m different in that I have enemies. Very real ones.
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To preserve the human race, it is now necessary to reorganize society. To this end, an Authority must be created with the power to control human population, to redistribute food, to purify air, water, soil, to re-pattern the cities.
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Until very recently, the artist was a magician who did his magic in public view but kept himself and his effects a matter of mystery.
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