In essence, Clinton’s Anti-Terrorism Act would set up a national police force, over the long-dead bodies of the founders.
GORE VIDALWhy not just eliminate the federal income tax?
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Every country should have at least one King Farouk.
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I hate nobody.
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As a schoolboy, I read most of Carl Sandburg’s six-volume biography of Abraham Lincoln.
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There’s a lot to be said for being nouveau riche, and the Reagans mean to say it all.
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Today’s public figures can no longer write their own speeches or books, and there is some evidence that they can’t read them either.
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There is no human problem which could not be solved if people would simply do as I advise.
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History is nothing but gossip about the past, with the hope that it might be true.
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On September 5, 1774, forty-five of the weightiest colonial men formed the First Continental Congress at Philadelphia.
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That is sad until one recalls how many bad books the world may yet be spared because of the busyness of writers.
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While campaigning, I got to know many high-school teachers, and let me say that the good ones are the unsung heroes of our society, and the bad ones are the gravediggers.
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Of all recent presidents, Clinton was expected to behave the most sensibly in economic matters. He understood how the economy works. But because he had used various dodges to stay out of the Vietnam War, he came to office ill at ease with the military.
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I’m always an optimist!
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What I like least about myself is my belligerence.
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A friend was surprised to hear me say that there was not one moment of my past that I would like to relive.
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I cannot remember when I was not fascinated by Henry Adams.
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