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#9761People that can't find something to live for always seem to find something to
die for. The problem is, they usually want the rest of us to die for it too.
#9762People usually get what's coming to them ... unless it's been mailed.
#9763People who develop the habit of thinking of themselves as world
citizens are fulfilling the first requirement of sanity in our time.
-- Norman Cousins
#9764Perhaps the most widespread illusion is that if we were in power we would
behave very differently from those who now hold it -- when, in truth, in
order to get power we would have to become very much like them. (Lenin's
fatal mistake, both in theory and in practice.)
#9765Persistence in one opinion has never been considered a merit in political
leaders.
-- Marcus Tullius Cicero, "Ad familiares", 1st century BC
#9766Pilfering Treasury property is paticularly dangerous: big thieves are
ruthless in punishing little thieves.
-- Diogenes
#9767Poland has gun control.
#9768Political history is far too criminal a subject to be a fit thing to
teach children.
-- W.H. Auden
#9769Political speeches are like steer horns. A point here, a point there,
and a lot of bull inbetween.
-- Alfred E. Neuman
#9770Political T.V. commercials prove one thing: some candidates can tell
all their good points and qualifications in just 30 seconds.
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