Washington turned a blind eye to Al-Qaeda.
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Every country should have at least one King Farouk.
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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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It is true, as Sartre once wrote, referring to French Army atrocities in Algeria, that the real tragedy in our time is that any of us can be, interchangeably, victim or torturer.
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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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A narcissist is someone better looking than you are.
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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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History is nothing but gossip about the past, with the hope that it might be true.
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Now you have people in Washington who have no interest in the country at all. They’re interested in their companies, their corporations grabbing Caspian oil.
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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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We must declare ourselves, become known; allow the world to discover this subterranean life of ours which connects kings and farm boys, artists and clerks. Let them see that the important thing is not the object of love, but the emotion itself.
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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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I’m always an optimist!
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Love is not my bag.
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All children alarm their parents, if only because you are forever expecting to encounter yourself.
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In America, the race goes to the loud, the solemn, the hustler. If you think you’re a great writer, you must say that you are.
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