Government is like a baby. An alimentary canal with a big appetite at one end and no sense of responsibility at the other.
James Reston
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Bad monetary and fiscal policy, often designed by the IMF, is the real cause of global problems. The only explanation for why government leaders continue to follow these policies is that by blaming markets, they avoid blaming themselves.
Brian S. Wesbury
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Is life so dear or peace so sweet as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take, but as for me, give me liberty, or give me death!
Patrick Henry
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Are we at last brought to such humiliating and debasing degradation, that we cannot be trusted with arms for our defense?
Patrick Henry
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I gave 'em a sword. And they stuck it in, and they twisted it with relish. And I guess if I had been in their position, I'd have done the same thing.
Richard Milhous Nixon
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You must pursue this investigation of Watergate even if it leads to the president. I'm innocent. You've got to believe I'm innocent. If you don't, take my job.
Richard Milhous Nixon
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I've analyzed the best I can ... and I have not found an impeachable offense, and therefore resignation is not an acceptable course.
Richard Milhous Nixon
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We are all in it together. This is a war. We take a few shots and it will be over. We will give them a few shots and it will be over.
Richard Milhous Nixon
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While technically I did not commit a crime, an impeachable offense... these are legalisms, as far as the handling of this matter is concerned; it was so botched up, I made so many bad judgments. The worst ones, mistakes of the heart, rather than the head. But let me say, a man in that top job - he's got to have a heart, but his head must always rule his heart.
Richard Milhous Nixon
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Democracy substitutes election by the incompetent many for the appointment by the corrupt few.
Harry Shearer
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It isn't the oceans which cut us off from the world -- it's the American way of looking at things.
Henry Miller
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Americans are benevolently ignorant about Canada, while Canadians are malevolently well informed about the United States.
J. Bartlett Brebner
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If there were a verb meaning "to believe falsely," it would not have any significant first person, present indicative.
Ludwig Wittgenstein
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When authorities warn you of the sinfulness of sex, there is an important lesson to be learned. Do not have sex with the authorities.
Matt Groening
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