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With politicians, artful evasion is always preferable to the outright lie.


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I prefer someone who burns the flag and then wraps themselves up in the Constitution over someone who burns the Constitution and then wraps themselves up in the flag.

I prefer someone who burns the flag and then wraps themselves up in the Constitution over someone who burns the Constitution and then wraps themselves up in the flag.



On the whole, I prefer not to be lectured on patriotism by those who keep offshore maildrops in order to avoid paying their taxes.

On the whole, I prefer not to be lectured on patriotism by those who keep offshore maildrops in order to avoid paying their taxes.



What we have here, fellow citizens, is a crassly egocentric, raving twit.

What we have here, fellow citizens, is a crassly egocentric, raving twit.



It's like, duh. Just when you thought there wasn't a dime's worth of difference between the two parties, the Republicans go and prove you're wrong.

It's like, duh. Just when you thought there wasn't a dime's worth of difference between the two parties, the Republicans go and prove you're wrong.



It is possible to read the history of this country as one long struggle to extend the liberties established in our Constitution to everyone in America.

It is possible to read the history of this country as one long struggle to extend the liberties established in our Constitution to everyone in America.



Satire is traditionally the weapon of the powerless against the powerful. I only aim at the powerful. When satire is aimed at the powerless, it is not only cruel -- it's vulgar.

Satire is traditionally the weapon of the powerless against the powerful. I only aim at the powerful. When satire is aimed at the powerless, it is not only cruel -- it's vulgar.



If you ever get to the place where injustice doesn't bother you, you're dead.

If you ever get to the place where injustice doesn't bother you, you're dead.



One thing that corporations do not do is give out money out of the goodness of their hearts.

One thing that corporations do not do is give out money out of the goodness of their hearts.



I know: "Guns Don't Kill People." But I suspect that they have something to do with it. If you point your finger at someone and say, "Bang, bang, you're dead," not much actually happens.

I know: "Guns Don't Kill People." But I suspect that they have something to do with it. If you point your finger at someone and say, "Bang, bang, you're dead," not much actually happens.



How the American right managed to convince itself that the programs to alleviate poverty are responsible for the consequences of poverty will someday be studied as a notorious mass illusion.

How the American right managed to convince itself that the programs to alleviate poverty are responsible for the consequences of poverty will someday be studied as a notorious mass illusion.





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God not only gives His creatures being and existence, but also, and at every moment, upholds and sustains them in being.



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Hotter than me? --Jace



I can’t wait to get into a position to make really bad art and get away with it.

I can’t wait to get into a position to make really bad art and get away with it.



A day out-of-doors, someone I loved to talk with, a good book and some simple food and music - that would be rest.

A day out-of-doors, someone I loved to talk with, a good book and some simple food and music - that would be rest.



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If we are all made of God, it is our friends who remind us. We pass the gift of God to them. They pass it back to us when we need it most.



No one should be surprised just because somebody isn't successful 100 percent of the time.

No one should be surprised just because somebody isn't successful 100 percent of the time.



He's a scoundrel, young Brad Pitt, who led me, his elderly colleague, astray more than once.

He's a scoundrel, young Brad Pitt, who led me, his elderly colleague, astray more than once.



A business is simply an idea to make other people's lives better.

A business is simply an idea to make other people's lives better.



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