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    Because we can expect future generations to be richer than we are, no matter what we do about resources, asking us to refrain from using resources now so that future generations can have them later is like asking the poor to make gifts to the rich.

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If you have ever seen a four-year-old trying to lord it over a two-year-old, then you know what the basic read more

If you have ever seen a four-year-old trying to lord it over a two-year-old, then you know what the basic problem of human nature is -- and why government keeps growing larger and ever more intrusive.

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The art of creation is older than the art of killing.

The art of creation is older than the art of killing.

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There is nothing an economist should fear so much as applause.

There is nothing an economist should fear so much as applause.

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Diplomacy is to do and say the nastiest things in the nicest way.

Diplomacy is to do and say the nastiest things in the nicest way.

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When people revolt in a totalitarian society, they rise not against the wickedness of the regime but its weakness.

When people revolt in a totalitarian society, they rise not against the wickedness of the regime but its weakness.

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When the president does it, that means it is not illegal.

When the president does it, that means it is not illegal.

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Politics is not a game. It is an earnest business.

Politics is not a game. It is an earnest business.

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Only enemies speak the truth. Friends and lovers lie endlessly, caught in the web of duty.

Only enemies speak the truth. Friends and lovers lie endlessly, caught in the web of duty.

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It is much safer to obey, than to govern.

It is much safer to obey, than to govern.

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