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-- Georges Danton, to his executioner "He that would make his own liberty secure must guard even his enemy from oppression; for if he violates this duty he establishes a precedent that will reach to himself." (Thomas Paine) Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work.
-- Aristotle The crime bill passed by the Senate would reinstate the Federal death penalty for certain violent
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I have been attacked by Rush Limbaugh on the air, an experience somewhat akin to being
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If God created us in His image we have certainly returned the compliment.
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Argue for your limitations, and sure enough they're yours.
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Man is a natural polygamist. He always has one woman leading him by the nose and another
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blah "The best students always are flunking. Every good teacher knows that." (Robert M. Pirsig, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance) As life is action and passion, it is required of a man that he should share the passion and action
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