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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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Crime Disturb Order Peace Police Responsibility
Washington turned a blind eye to Al-Qaeda.
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Blind Eyes Ignore
Fifty percent of people won’t vote, and fifty percent don’t read newspapers. I hope it’s the same fifty percent.
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Hope Myself People Reading Vote
We are pleased to dismiss politics as entirely corrupt, if not financially, intellectually.
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Financial Intellectual Politics
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
I don’t even read most reviews, unless there is a potential lawsuit on view.
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Law Myself Potential Reading Review View
My father had lifelong contempt for politicians.
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Father Life Myself Politics
I’m always an optimist!
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Myself Optimism
I was the most famous kid in the United States. That was 1936.
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Children Country Famous Past Time
I’ve yet to read a memoir by anyone I’ve known at all well that came anywhere near to the truth.
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Myself Reading Truth
I cannot remember when I was not fascinated by Henry Adams.
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Fascination Myself Remember
There’s a lot to be said for being nouveau riche, and the Reagans mean to say it all.
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Identity Myself
Television is now so desperately hungry for material that they’re scraping the top of the barrel.
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Material Media Television Top
The behaviour of President Bush on 11 September certainly gives rise to not unnatural suspicions.
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Natural President Rise Suspicion
Europe began as the relatively empty, uncivilized Wild West of Asia; then the Western Hemisphere became the Wild West of Europe. Now the sun has set in our West and risen once more in the East.
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Beginning Europe Ourselves Sun
I’m all for bringing back the birch, but only between consenting adults.
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Adult Consent Myself

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