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If libertarianism were easy to explain, and it weren't easy to exaggerate the effects of libertarianism, I think it would have been…
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You say we [reporters] are distracting...from the business of government. Well, I hope so. Distracting a politician from governing is like distracting…
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The neo-hippie-dips, the sentimentality-crazed iguana anthropomorphizers, the Chicken Littles, the three-bong-hit William Blakes- thank God these people don't actually go outdoors much,…
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Violence is interesting. This is a great obstacle to world peace and also to more thoughtful television programming.
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Some jobs are worse than actual wives. Ad agency vs. Matrimony, for instance: Even the most capricious and demanding spouse is not…
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Writing this book required an enormous amount of help from friends. To them goes the credit. I'll take the money.
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The Tenth Commandment sends a message to socialists, to egalitarians, to people obsessed with fairness, to American presidential candidates in the year…
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We're told cars are wasteful. Wasteful of what? Oil did a lot of good sitting in the ground for millions of years.…
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In things to be seen at once, much variety makes confusion, another vice of beauty. In things that are not seen at…
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I am among those who believe that our Western civilization is on its way to perishing. It has many commendable qualities, most…
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The zeal, bravery, and good behavior of the officers and men on the night of June 30, and during July 1, was…
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While it is well enough to leave footprints on the sands of time, it is even more important to make sure they…
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Ambition is a commendable attribute, without which no man succeeds. Only inconsiderate ambition imperils.
— Warren G. Harding
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Although the power is lacking, the will is commendable.
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