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The middle class, that prisoner of the barbarian 20th century.


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She did her work with the thoroughness of a mind which reveres details and never quite understands them.



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It is impossible to discourage the real writers - they don't give a damn what you say, they're going to write.



Intellectually I know that America is no better than any other country; emotionally I know she is better than every other country.

Intellectually I know that America is no better than any other country; emotionally I know she is better than every other country.



Being a man given to oratory and high principles, he enjoyed the sound of his own vocabulary and the warmth of his own virtue.

Being a man given to oratory and high principles, he enjoyed the sound of his own vocabulary and the warmth of his own virtue.



The trouble with this country is that there are too many people going about saying, "The trouble with this country is...."

The trouble with this country is that there are too many people going about saying, "The trouble with this country is...."



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Sleep with me sleep with my dogs-



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When facism comes to America, it will be wrapped in the American flag.



I must say I'm not very fond of oratory that's so full of energy it hasn't any room for facts.

I must say I'm not very fond of oratory that's so full of energy it hasn't any room for facts.



There is no greater compliment to the Jews than the fact that the degree of their unpopularity is always the scientific measure of the cruelty and silliness of the regime under which they live.

There is no greater compliment to the Jews than the fact that the degree of their unpopularity is always the scientific measure of the cruelty and silliness of the regime under which they live.





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Freedom is a man's natural power of doing what he pleases, so far as he is not prevented by force or law.



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Can’t repeat the past?…Why of course you can!



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