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The marvel of all history is the patience with which men and women submit to burdens unnecessarily laid upon them by their governments.

—William H. Borah

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If you study Japanese art, you see a man who is undoubtedly wise, philosophic, and intelligent who spends his time how? In studying the distance between the earth and the moon? No. In studying the policy of Bismarck? No. He studies a single blade of grass. But this blade of grass leads him to draw every plant and then the seasons, the wide aspect of the countryside, then animals, then the human figure. So he passes his life, and life is too short to do the whole.

—Vincent Van Gogh

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Love is the ultimate outlaw. It just won’t adhere to any rules. The most any of us can do is to sign on as its accomplice. Instead of vowing to honor and obey, maybe we should swear to aid and abet. That would mean that security is out of the question. The words “make” and “stay” become inappropriate. My love for you has no strings attached. I love you for free.

—Tom Robbins

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There are three social classes in America: upper middle class, middle class, and lower middle class.

—Judith Martin

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Whenever you have an efficient government you have a dictatorship.

—Harry S. Truman

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The tax collector must love poor people, he's creating so many of them.

—Bill Vaughan

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Yes, we have to divide up our time like that, between our politics and our equations. But to me our equations are far more important, for politics are only a matter of present concern. A mathematical equation stands forever.

—Albert Einstein

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A liberal is a person whose interests aren't at stake at the moment.

—Willis Player

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Vote for the man who promises least; he'll be the least disappointing.

—Bernard Baruch

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I can think of nothing more boring for the American people than to have to sit in their living rooms for a whole half hour looking at my face on their television screens.

—Dwight D. Eisenhower

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Although the connections are not always obvious, personal change is inseparable from social and political change.

—Harriet Lerner

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Half of the American people have never read a newspaper. Half never voted for President. One hopes it is the same half.

—Gore Vidal

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I have always felt that a politician is to be judged by the animosities he excites among his opponents.

—Winston Churchill

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Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects.

—Lester B. Pearson

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Democracy means that anyone can grow up to be president, and anyone who doesn't grow up can be vice president.

—Johnny Carson

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