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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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Washington turned a blind eye to Al-Qaeda.
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Blind Eyes Ignore
I was like everyone else when Obama was elected – optimistic.
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Myself Optimistic President
One is sorry one could not have taken both branches of the road. But we were not allotted multiple selves.
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Choice Journey Oneself Road
Why not just eliminate the federal income tax?
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Elimination Income Tax
We must declare ourselves, become known; allow the world to discover this subterranean life of ours which connects kings and farm boys, artists and clerks. Let them see that the important thing is not the object of love, but the emotion itself.
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Artist Discover Emotion Important Known World
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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Believe Comedy Goodness Place Stone Theatre Writing
The truth about Pearl Harbour is obscured to this day. But it has been much studied.
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Day Study Truth Unknown
I am only at home in the present.
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Home Oneself Present
Each youth betrays considerable anxiety about the wedding night ahead.
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Anxiety Night Youth
The genius of our ruling class is that it has kept a majority of the people from ever questioning the inequity of a system where most people drudge along, paying heavy taxes for which they get nothing in return.
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Class Genius heavy Ourselves Rule System
In classical times, it was a capital offense to speculate upon the hour of a king’s death or upon the identity of his successor.
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Capital Death Himself Offense Success Time
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
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
Remember, I’m West Point, where I was born. My father went there.
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Born Father Myself Remember
Some have deplored Lincoln’s indifference to Christianity. But it was not religion, it was religiosity that put him off.
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Difference Himself Religion
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

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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