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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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From April 1775 to July 1776, the undeclared war between England and its American colonies smoldered, flared up, appeared to sputter out… It was hardly, ever, a mass rebellion.
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Colony Mass Rebel War
Television is now so desperately hungry for material that they’re scraping the top of the barrel.
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Material Media Television Top
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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We’re not a democracy.
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Democracy One Liner
I’m exactly as I appear. There is no warm, lovable person inside. Beneath my cold exterior, once you break the ice, you find cold water.
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Appearance Cold Love Warm Water Yourself
The media can’t get anything straight.
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Media Straight
Never have children, only grandchildren.
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Children Family Funny
Why not just eliminate the federal income tax?
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Elimination Income Tax
Washington turned a blind eye to Al-Qaeda.
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Blind Eyes Ignore
There is something about a bureaucrat that does not like a poem.
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Poem Police
What I am is something unbearable for the world of journalism and the world of cliches. I’m a realist.
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Journalism Reality World
Policemen are seldom tried for their crimes, or indeed, held responsible for what they do, which disturbs the peace and causes distress among the orderly.
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Crime Disturb Order Peace Police Responsibility
I can’t name three first-rate literary critics in the United States. I’m told there are a few hidden away at universities, but they don’t print them in ‘The New York Times.’
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Criticism Literature Myself Name University
For the record, I’m a Second World War veteran and served in the Pacific.
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Record Severe War World
I know a lot of the Annapolis breed.
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Known Myself
The United States is the only civilized country in the world to class its teachers at the bottom of the social scale.
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