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-- Pablo Picasso All virtue is summed up in dealing justly.
-- Aristotle The worth of the state, in the long run, is the worth of the individuals composing it.
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-- H. L. Mencken "If liberty and equality, as is thought by some, are chiefly to be found in democracy, they will be best attained when all persons alike share in government to the utmost." (Aristotle) Acting is the most minor of gifts and not a very high-class way to earn a living. After all, Shirley
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-- E. I. Smith, Captain of the Titanic Asking an incumbent member of Congress to vote for term limits is a bit like asking a chicken to
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-- Brendon Behan The price of freedom is eternal vigilance.
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The only thing worse than a man you can't control is a man you can.
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