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> [“THAT'S WHAT POWERFUL MEN DO TO THIS COUNTRY - IT'S A BEAUTIFUL, SEXY, BREATHLESS COUNTRY, AND POWERFUL MEN USE IT TO TREAT THEMSELVES TO A THRILL! THEY SAY THEY LOVE IT BUT THEY DON'T MEAN IT. THEY SAY THINGS TO…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-irving/that-s-what-powerful-men-do-to-this-country-it-s-a-beautiful-sexy/)

[John Irving](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-irving/)

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> [I can say-not as a patriotic bromide, but with full knowledge of the necessary metaphysical, epistemological , ethical, political and esthetic roots-that the United States of America is the greatest, the noblest and, in its original founding principles, the only…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ayn-rand/i-can-say-not-as-a-patriotic-bromide-but-with-full-knowledge-of-the/)

[Ayn Rand](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ayn-rand/)

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