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World War II made prosperous the United States, which had been undergoing a depression for a dozen years, and made very rich those magnates and their managers who govern the republic – with many a wink – in the people’s name.
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Depression Government Manager Name People Public Rich War
I never wanted to be a writer. I mean, that’s the last thing I wanted.
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Dream Myself Writing
The United States is a madhouse.
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Country Home Madness State
There is something about a bureaucrat that does not like a poem.
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Poem Police
I am not, at heart, a playwright.
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Heart Personality Play
The media can’t get anything straight.
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Media Straight
I was like everyone else when Obama was elected – optimistic.
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Myself Optimistic President
Love is not my bag.
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Love One Liner
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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Goodness Government Himself Politics President Public relief
I cannot remember when I was not fascinated by Henry Adams.
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Fascination Myself Remember
Jews, blacks and homosexuals are despised by the Christian and Communist majorities of East and West. Also, as a result of the invention of Israel, Jews can now count on the hatred of the Islamic world.
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Black Communist Hate Result World
Remember, I’m West Point, where I was born. My father went there.
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Born Father Myself Remember
It is always a delicate matter, when a friend or acquaintance becomes president.
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Delicate Friendship President
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
The behaviour of President Bush on 11 September certainly gives rise to not unnatural suspicions.
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Natural President Rise Suspicion
To invent a war means that you’ve become a wartime president, and you can suspend much if not all of the Bill of Rights.
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Invention President Suspend War

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