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The whole point of free expression is not to make ideas exempt from criticism but to expose them to it.


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It's not healthy for a society if the people hate their own government.



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Every civilized society must disarm its citizens against each other.



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Term limits mean that you don't trust the voters. 'Stop me before I vote again.'



The romantic artist, off alone in his storm-battered castle, fuming whole worlds from his brain, reflects his culture's most persistent myth, of God creating from a primal loneliness.

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The leader is one who mobilizes others toward a goal shared by leaders and followers. ... Leaders, followers and goals make up the three equally necessary supports for leadership.

The leader is one who mobilizes others toward a goal shared by leaders and followers. ... Leaders, followers and goals make up the three equally necessary supports for leadership.



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To "bear arms" is, in itself, a military term. One does not bear arms against a rabbit.



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