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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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A racial or religious or tribal identity is a kind of fact.
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All in all, I would not have missed this century for the world.
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Like the TV networks, once our government has a hit, it will be repeated over and over again.
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Jews, blacks and homosexuals are despised by the Christian and Communist majorities of East and West. Also, as a result of the invention of Israel, Jews can now count on the hatred of the Islamic world.
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Television is now so desperately hungry for material that they’re scraping the top of the barrel.
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Ayn Rand is a rhetorician who writes novels I have never been able to read.
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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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I am told the Cheney-Bush team dislikes their junta being compared to the Nazis. If they ceased behaving like Nazis, no comparison would come to mind.
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As for civil liberties, any one who is not vigilant may one day find himself living, if not in a police state, at least in a police city.
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Primarily, I am a prose writer with axes to grind, and the theatre is a good place to do the grinding in. I prefer comedy to ‘serious’ drama because I believe one can get the ax sharper on the comedic stone.
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I remember the Bond movies when I was a child. They were silent then.
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TV news is not very instructive.
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By the time a man gets to be presidential material, he’s been bought ten times over.
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I’m always an optimist!
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I never miss a chance to have sex or appear on television.
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As the age of television progresses the Reagans will be the rule, not the exception. To be perfect for television is all a President has to be these days.
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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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