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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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Some of my father’s fellow West Pointers once asked him why I turned out so well, his secret in raising me. And he said, ‘I never gave him any advice, and he never asked for any.’ We agreed on nothing, but we never quarreled once.
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Agreement Father Fellow Himself Raise Secret
You cannot deprive somebody of life, liberty, pursuit of happiness, because that is a right – constitutional right.
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Happiness Liberty Life Right
Writing fiction has become a priestly business in countries that have lost their faith.
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Business Country Faith Fiction Lost Writing
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
The United States was founded by the brightest people in the country – and we haven’t seen them since.
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Country Finding People State
The behaviour of President Bush on 11 September certainly gives rise to not unnatural suspicions.
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Natural President Rise Suspicion
Every country should have at least one King Farouk.
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Country Oneself
Our form of democracy is bribery, on the highest scale.
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Democracy Form High Ourselves Scale
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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Economy Himself President Understand Work
It is always a delicate matter, when a friend or acquaintance becomes president.
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Delicate Friendship President
That loyal retainer of the Chase Manhattan Bank, the American president.
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Bank Loyalty President
There is no such thing as a homosexual or a heterosexual person. There are only homo- or heterosexual acts. Most people are a mixture of impulses if not practices.
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Impulse People Person Practice Sexual
On 16 September 1985, when the Commerce Department announced that the United States had become a debtor nation, the American Empire died.
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Death Department Nation State
I’m always an optimist!
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Myself Optimism
What I am is something unbearable for the world of journalism and the world of cliches. I’m a realist.
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Journalism Reality World
I was like everyone else when Obama was elected – optimistic.
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Myself Optimistic President

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