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Rise above principal and do what’s right.

Joseph Heller

The country was in peril; he was jeopardizing his traditional rights of freedom and independence by daring to exercise them.
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Country Dare Exercise Freedom Independence Traditonal
They agreed that it was neither possible nor necessary to educate people who never questioned anything.
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Agree Education Necessary People Possible Question
In the long run, failure was the only thing that worked predictably. All else was accidental.
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Accident Failure Predict
When I look up, I see people cashing in. I don’t see heaven or saints or angels. I see people cashing in on every decent impulse and every human tragedy.
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Angel Decent Heaven Human Impulse Poeple Saint Tragedy
The enemy is anybody who’s going to get you killed, no matter which side he is on.
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Enemy Kill War
Never quit a job as a matter of principle. You’ll always regret it.
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Job Principle Quit Regret
Death to all modifiers, he declared one day, and out of every letter that passed through his hands went every adverb and every adjective.
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Adjective Adverb Death Declare Hands
For war there is always enough. It’s peace that’s expensive.
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Enough Expensive Peace War
I don’t believe in miracles because it’s been a long time since we’ve had any.
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Broken Heart Miracle Time
From men motivated by moral certitude, history teaches, no lasting good ever comes.
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Goodness History Moral Teaching
Insanity is contagious.
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Contagious Insane One Liner
I wouldn’t want to live without strong misgivings.
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Freedom Live Strong
Where were you born?” “On a battlefield,” [Yossarian] answered. “No, no. In what state were you born?” “In a state of innocence.
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Born Innocence
There is no disappointment so numbing as someone no better than you achieving more.
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Achievement Disappointment Numb
The villains will come along. There were plenty in the Carter administration, and there will be plenty with Reagan.
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Villain
There was no telling what people might find out once they felt free to ask whatever questions they wanted to.
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Freedom People Question Want

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