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- "The buck stops here," declared the angry mayor.
- If men were angels, no government would be needed.
- No country today has an effective government. All
- happiness depends on a leisurely breakfast.
- Happiness is not a state to arrive at, but a manner
- of traveling. A small man can be just as exhausted
- as a great man. Nobody believes a rumor here in
- Washington until it's officially denied.
- God will forgive me; that's his business. In the
- republic of mediocrity, genius is dangerous. He is
- a fine friend, he stabs you in the front. A friend
- that ain't in need is a friend indeed. Exit now!
- A free society is one where it's safe to be hated.
- A falsehood is an attempt to withhold the truth
- from those who have a right to know. There is
- nothing more pathetic than a forgetful liar.
- Education today, more than ever before, must see
- clearly the dual objectives: education for living
- and educating for making a living. We won't have a
- society if we destroy the environment.
- Zebra stripes on zippers. Diplomat: A person who
- can be disarming even though his country isn't.
- Every new opinion, at its starting, is precisely
- in a minority of one. Failure has gone to his head.
- Forty is the old age of youth; fifty the youth of
- old age. To me, old age is fifteen years older than
- I am. No man will ever bring out of the Presidency
- the reputation which carries him into it.
- Radical: A person whose left hand does know what
- his other left hand is doing. It doesn't matter if
- you're rich or poor, as long as you've got money.
- I've been rich and I've been poor; rich is better.
- Men who use terrorism as a means to power, rule by
- terror once they are in power. Is it right or
- wrong? Is it true or false? Is it beautiful or
- ugly? It adds spice to my conversation.
- Do not take life too seriously. You will never get
- out of it alive. The more things change, the more
- they stay the same. Racism is the snobbery of the
- poor. The family is the nucleus of civilization.
- A fanatic is a man that does what he thinks the
- Lord would do if he knew the facts of the case.
- I love criticism just so long as it's unqualified
- praise. Criticism comes easier than craftsmanship.
- Creative intelligence in its various forms and
- activities is what makes man. The country only
- has charms for those not obliged to stay there.
- Peace without justice is tyranny. Right?
- Law never made men a whit more just. When a man
- assumes a public trust, he should consider himself
- as public property. Men will sooner surrender their
- rights than their customs. Zapping the lazy zoos.
- The power of accurate observation is commonly
- called cynicism by those who have not got it.
- I respect faith but doubt is what gets you an
- education. What ought I to do?
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