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In the German concentration camps, Jews wore yellow stars while homosexuals wore pink lambdas.

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I never said I was gay, because I don’t think anyone is.
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Myself Sexuality Thinking
Corporations must pay tax.
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Corporation Pay Tax
When I say ‘president,’ I still mean Roosevelt – wisely, I think.
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Myself President Thinking
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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Democracy Party Politics Republic
Any American who is prepared to run for president should automatically, by definition, be disqualified from ever doing so.
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Definition Preparation President
History is nothing but gossip about the past, with the hope that it might be true.
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Gossip History Hope Past True
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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Company Corporation Country Interest People Yourself
Americans, in general, are ignorant, bigoted, and deeply unhappy with their declining incomes.
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Decline Ignorance Income Sadness
To get people to do needed things is the perennial hard task of government, not to mention of religion and philosophy.
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Government Need People Philosophy Religion
Envy is the central fact of American life.
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Central Fact Life
It is not enough to succeed. Others must fail.
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Enough Failure Success
Litigation takes the place of sex at middle age.
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Age One Liner Place Sex
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
We’re not a democracy.
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Democracy One Liner
I was like everyone else when Obama was elected – optimistic.
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Myself Optimistic President
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

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