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There is nothing the matter with Americans except their ideals. The real American is all right; it is the ideal American who is all wrong. — Gilbert K. Chesterton
'My country, right or wrong' is a thing no patriot would ever think of saying except in a desperate case. It is like saying 'My… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
A radical generally meant a man who thought he could somehow pull up the root without affecting the flower. A conservative generally meant a man… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
In my generation, except for a few people who'd gone into banking or nursing or something like that, middle-class women didn't have careers. You were… — Julia Child
One of the nice things about problems is that a good many of them do not exist except in our imaginations. — Steve Allen
It has been said that democracy is the worst form of government except all the others that have been tried. — Winston Churchill
We do not covet anything from any nation except their respect. — Winston Churchill
The power of man has grown in every sphere, except over himself. — Winston Churchill
In battle, you forgive a man anything except an unwillingness to take risks. Sometimes you have to put it on the line. — Tom Clancy
I am thankful for laughter, except when milk comes out of my nose. — Woody Allen
A man will give up almost anything except his suffering. — John Cleese
I've been working with Pat Robertson on Africa debt-relief, and we disagree on virtually everything except certain very specific, inalienable rights, and the truth is… — George Clooney
I'd never had money growing up, and it's never been that important to me, except maybe to take our kids on a nice vacation or… — Harlan Coben
As far as I knew white women were never lonely, except in books. White men adored them, Black men desired them and Black women worked… — Maya Angelou
There is nothing new except what has been forgotten. — Marie Antoinette
Of the love or hatred God has for the English, I know nothing, but I do know that they will all be thrown out of… — Joan of Arc
My music is not for everyone. It's only for the stong-willed, the [street] soldiers music. It's not like party music- I mean, you could gig… — Tupac Shakur
The atheist is not interested in anything except attacks on atheism. — Gilbert K. Chesterton
None of the modern machines, none of the modern paraphernalia. . . have any power except over the people who choose to use them. — Gilbert K. Chesterton
If you attempt an actual argument with a modern paper of opposite politics, you will have no answer except slanging or silence. — Gilbert K. Chesterton

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