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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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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
Our form of democracy is bribery, on the highest scale.
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Democracy Form High Ourselves Scale
Temperamentally, I am suspicious of belonging to anything. When I ran for office, I debated seriously whether or not to run as an independent because I was not eager to be saddled with the Democratic Party, because any party label is committing.
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Commitment Democracy Government Independent Party Politics Serious
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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Book Edition Grown Library Reading
Every country should have at least one King Farouk.
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Country Oneself
It is not enough to succeed. Others must fail.
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Enough Failure Success
Actually, I can’t remember when I was not writing.
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Myself Remember Writing
I could be a lot happier. I could be the senator from Aerospace taking bribes, and be quite happy.
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Bribe Happiness Myself Quite
That loyal retainer of the Chase Manhattan Bank, the American president.
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Bank Loyalty President
You hear all this whining going on, ‘Where are our great writers?’ The thing I might feel doleful about is: Where are the readers?
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Greatness Reading Writing Yourself
I’m always an optimist!
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Myself Optimism
The United States is a madhouse.
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Country Home Madness State
We are pleased to dismiss politics as entirely corrupt, if not financially, intellectually.
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Financial Intellectual Politics
I never said I was gay, because I don’t think anyone is.
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Myself Sexuality Thinking
We’re not a democracy.
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Democracy One Liner
I remember the Bond movies when I was a child. They were silent then.
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Children Myself Remember Silence

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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