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    The notion of a farseeing and despotic statesman, who can lay down plans for ages yet unborn, is a fancy generated by the pride of the human intellect to which facts give no support.

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...tradition and custom becomes intertwined and are a strong coercion which directs the society upon fixed lines, and strangles liberty.

...tradition and custom becomes intertwined and are a strong coercion which directs the society upon fixed lines, and strangles liberty.

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The idea that you can merchandise candidates for high office like breakfast cereal - that you can gather votes like read more

The idea that you can merchandise candidates for high office like breakfast cereal - that you can gather votes like box tops - is, I think, the ultimate indignity to the democratic process.

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The world of politics is always twenty years behind the world of thought.

The world of politics is always twenty years behind the world of thought.

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Conservatives are not necessarily stupid, but most stupid people are conservatives.

Conservatives are not necessarily stupid, but most stupid people are conservatives.

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No one has a right to happiness.

No one has a right to happiness.

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Property is a central economic institution of any society, and private property is the central institution of a free society.

Property is a central economic institution of any society, and private property is the central institution of a free society.

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Force and fraud are in war the two cardinal virtues.

Force and fraud are in war the two cardinal virtues.

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Justice delayed is justice denied.

Justice delayed is justice denied.

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I hereby resign this office of president of the United States.

I hereby resign this office of president of the United States.

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