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To invent a war means that you’ve become a wartime president, and you can suspend much if not all of the Bill of Rights.

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My father had lifelong contempt for politicians.
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We’re not a democracy.
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The only thing that I react really violently to is being misquoted.
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To invent a war means that you’ve become a wartime president, and you can suspend much if not all of the Bill of Rights.
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It is not enough to succeed. Others must fail.
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Some have deplored Lincoln’s indifference to Christianity. But it was not religion, it was religiosity that put him off.
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The unfed mind devours itself.
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I don’t even read most reviews, unless there is a potential lawsuit on view.
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