In essence, Clinton’s Anti-Terrorism Act would set up a national police force, over the long-dead bodies of the founders.
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In essence, Clinton’s Anti-Terrorism Act would set up a national police force, over the long-dead bodies of the founders.
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In writing and politicking, it’s best not to think about it, just do it.
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All in all, I would not have missed this century for the world.
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Never have children, only grandchildren.
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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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Half of the American people have never read a newspaper. Half never voted for President. One hopes it is the same half.
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Ayn Rand is a rhetorician who writes novels I have never been able to read.
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I am not, at heart, a playwright.
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It’s always best to stay out of other people’s divorces. And their civil wars.
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My father had lifelong contempt for politicians.
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Jack Kennedy very much enjoyed Fletcher Knebel’s thriller ‘Seven Days in May,’ later a film. The story: a jingo based on the real-life Admiral Arthur Radford plans a military coup to take over the White House.
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As a schoolboy, I read most of Carl Sandburg’s six-volume biography of Abraham Lincoln.
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Corporations must pay tax.
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What I like least about myself is my belligerence.
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A narcissist is someone better looking than you are.
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