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James Joyce:

Our civilization, bequeathed to us by fierce adventurers, eaters of meat and hunters, is so full of hurry and combat, so busy about many things which perhaps are of no importance, that it cannot but see something feeble in a civilization which smiles as it refuses to make the battlefield the test of excellence.

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Judy LaMarsh:

A government may only govern so long as the people, through their representatives, vote it the money to carry on.

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I wonder whether Kevin McCarthy–oh, never mind.

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Robert Goldsborough, in the voice of Nero Wolfe:

. . . too often, what we refer to as as humility is only false modesty strutting on the parade ground.

Goldsborough, Robert, The Bloodied Ivy (New York: Bantam,1989) p. 167

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Buzz Burbank:

The opposite of “woke” is asleep.

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Ed Asner, in the voice of Lou Grant:

There are times in life when being a man means making an absolute ass of yourself.

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Friedrich Durrenmatt:

We do not consider patriotism desirable if it contradicts civilized behavior.

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John Avlon:

Us and against them is the opposite of our national motto, e pluribus unum: Out of many, one.

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Theodore Parker:

The books that help you the most are those which make you think the most.

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Joseph Roux:

Experience comprises illusions lost, rather than wisdom gained.

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Alfred Nobel:

Second to agriculture, humbug is the biggest industry of our age.

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William L. Shirer:

I myself was to experience how easily one is taken in by a lying and censored press and radio in a totalitarian state.

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Max Eastman:

I still think the worst enemy of human hope is not brute facts, but men of brains who will not face them.

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Bill Moyers:

Conservatives — or better, pro-corporate apologists — hijacked the vocabulary of Jeffersonian liberalism and turned words like “progress,” “opportunity,” and “individualism” into tools for making the plunder of America sound like divine right . . . .

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Charles Darwin:

A republic cannot succeed, till it contains a certain body of men imbued with the principles of justice and honour.

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Gore Vidal:

Modern Christianity is a encyclopedia of traditional superstition.

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Oriana Fallaci:

There are moments in Life when keeping silent becomes a fault, and speaking an obligation. A civic duty, a moral challenge, a categorical imperative from which we cannot escape.

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Hippocrates:

There are in fact two things, science and opinion; the former begets knowledge, the latter ignorance.

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Lauren Bacall, in an interview with Larry King:

Being a liberal is the best thing on earth you can be. You are welcoming to everyone when you’re a liberal. You do not have a small mind . . . I’m total, total, total liberal and proud of it. And I think it’s outrageous to say “The L word”. I mean, excuse me. They should be damn lucky that they were liberals here. Liberals gave more to the population of the United States than any other group.

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Francis Bacon:

Read not to contradict and confute, nor to believe and take for granted, nor to find talk and discourse, but to weigh and consider.

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David Ferguson, commenting on Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk’s ruling on mifepristone:

You guys want to be small government, you want minimal interference, minimal regulations, except when it comes to people you don’t like.

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