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The misgovernment of the American people is misgovernment by the American people.


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In all cities, the better classes - the business men - are the sources of corruption, but they are so rarely pursued and caught that we do not fully realize whence the trouble comes.

In all cities, the better classes - the business men - are the sources of corruption, but they are so rarely pursued and caught that we do not fully realize whence the trouble comes.



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Keep your baby eyes (which are the eyes of genius) on what we don't know



Power is what men seek, and any group that gets it will abuse it. It is the same story.

Power is what men seek, and any group that gets it will abuse it. It is the same story.



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Morality is only moral when it is voluntary.



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You ask men in office to be honest; I ask them to serve the public.



The only thing worth having in an earthly existence is a sense of humor.

The only thing worth having in an earthly existence is a sense of humor.



I have seen the future, and it works.

I have seen the future, and it works.



The spirit of graft and of lawlessness is the American spirit.

The spirit of graft and of lawlessness is the American spirit.



First in violence, deepest in dirt, lawless, unlovely, ill-smelling, irreverent, new; an overgrown gawk of a - village, the "tough" among cities, a spectacle for the nation.

First in violence, deepest in dirt, lawless, unlovely, ill-smelling, irreverent, new; an overgrown gawk of a - village, the "tough" among cities, a spectacle for the nation.



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It is privilege that causes evil in the world, not wickedness, and not men.





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