Government has no wealth, and when a politician promises to give you something for nothing, he must first confiscate that wealth from you — either by direct taxes, or by the cruelly indirect tax of inflation.
JOHN WAYNETrue Grit is making a decision and standing by it, doing what must be done. No moral man can have peace of mind if he leaves undone what he knows he should have done.
More John Wayne Quotes
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I’ve had three wives, six children and six grandchildren and I still don’t understand women
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Most men hate to shop. That’s why the men’s department is usually on the first floor of a department store, two inches from the door.
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But don’t get me wrong. As far as a man and a woman is concerned, I’m awfully happy there’s a thing called sex. It’s an extra something God gave us. I see no reason why it shouldn’t be in pictures. Healthy, lusty sex is wonderful.
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I stick to simple themes. Love. Hate. No nuances. I stay away from psychoanalyst’s couch scenes. Couches are good for one thing.
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You don’t have to fight to be brave. Millions of good, fine, decent folks show more bravery than heavyweight champs just by getting out of bed every morning, going out to do a good day’s work and living the best life they know how against the law of odds.
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When you come slam bang up against trouble, it never looks half as bad if you face up to it.
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Life is tough pilgrim, it is even tougher if you’re stupid
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A man’s got to have a code, a creed to live by, no matter his job.
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When you stop fighting, that’s death.
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Men forget everything; women remember everything.
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Sometimes I wonder whose side God’s on.
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Tomorrow hopes we have learned something from yesterday.
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A man is no better than he has to be.
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Very few of the so-called liberals are open-minded…. They shout you down and won’t let you speak if you disagree with them.
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Ahh, women! I never met one yet that was half as reliable as a horse!
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