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The chief internal enemies of any state are those public officials who betray the trust imposed upon them by the people.


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Dishonesty in government is the business of every citizen. It is not enough to do your own job. There's no particular gift in that. Democracy isn't a gift. It's a responsibility.



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You show me a politician with his heels ten feet in the air, and by Judas priest, Ill show you an honest politician.



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The only kind of love worth having is the kind that goes on living and laughing and fighting and loving.



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Democracy isn't a gift. It's a responsibility.



A man doesn't say I will starve myself to death to keep from starving, or that he'd spend all of his money to save money. Why should he be willing to die for the privilege of living?

A man doesn't say I will starve myself to death to keep from starving, or that he'd spend all of his money to save money. Why should he be willing to die for the privilege of living?



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Bankers, nepotists, contracts and talkies: on four fingers one may count the leeches which have sucked a young and vigorous industry into paresis.



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The only interesting thing that can happen in a Swiss bedroom is suffocation by feather mattress.



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There are plenty of laws to protect guys' money even in war time but there's nothing on the books says a man's life's his own.



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If I were dead and buried And I heard your voice, Beneath the sod My heart of dust Would still rejoice.





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