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Those government officials who want more power are not going to stop unless they get stopped.


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When you want to help people, you tell them the truth. When you want to help yourself, you tell them what they want to hear.



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The next time some academics tell you how important diversity is, ask how many Republicans there are in their sociology department.



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I have never understood why it is "greed" to want to keep the money you have earned but not greed to want to take somebody else's money.



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