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The human race is plainly nothing in eternity, but to us, in time, it is everything and ought not to die.
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Death Forever Human Race
The only thing that I react really violently to is being misquoted.
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Misunderstanding Quote Reaction Violence
Democracy is supposed to give you the feeling of choice, like Painkiller X and Painkiller Y. But they’re both just aspirin.
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Choice Democracy Feeling Perspective Politics
For the record, I’m a Second World War veteran and served in the Pacific.
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Record Severe War World
I’m not paranoid, no. I’m different in that I have enemies. Very real ones.
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Different Enemy Oneself Reality
As for civil liberties, any one who is not vigilant may one day find himself living, if not in a police state, at least in a police city.
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Civil Finding Liberty Live Police
I’m all for bringing back the birch, but only between consenting adults.
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Adult Consent Myself
Today’s public figures can no longer write their own speeches or books, and there is some evidence that they can’t read them either.
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Evidence Figure Reading Speech
The unfed mind devours itself.
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Devour Mindset
That is sad until one recalls how many bad books the world may yet be spared because of the busyness of writers.
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Busy Oneself Sadness Writing
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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Age Perfection Progression Rule Television
He who is last had best laugh.
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End Himself Laughter
At any given moment, public opinion is a chaos of superstition, misinformation and prejudice.
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Chaos Moments Opinion Prejudice Public
I’m always an optimist!
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Myself Optimism
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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Children Country Myself Support
There is no human problem which could not be solved if people would simply do as I advise.
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Human Myself People Problem Solution
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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Economy Himself President Understand Work
I’m a fervent foe of water pollution, whether it is our own Hudson River or Philadelphia’s tap water.
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Myself Nature Pollution Water
The four most beautiful words in our common language: I told you so.
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Beautiful Language Ourselves Word
I am only at home in the present.
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Home Oneself Present
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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Class Genius heavy Ourselves Rule System
Everything’s wrong on Wikipedia.
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Wikipedia Wrong
I was raised in the Washington household of my grandfather Senator Thomas P. Gore of Oklahoma, and have known politicians intimately all my life.
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Childhood Home Life Myself Politician Raise
By the time a man gets to be presidential material, he’s been bought ten times over.
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Himself Man Material President Time
Litigation takes the place of sex at middle age.
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Age One Liner Place Sex
Write something, even if it’s just a suicide note.
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Note Suicide Writing
Remember, I’m West Point, where I was born. My father went there.
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Born Father Myself Remember

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