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Than Quotes by John McCarthy
- With no more than six levels of misquotation, any statement can be made to say whatever you wish.
- My hobby of not attending meetings about recycling saves more energy than your hobby of recycling.
- Committing genocide on behalf of an institution generates greater loyalty to it than merely getting people fired from their jobs on its behalf.
- Both politicians and journalists face situations which strain their honesty and humanity. My opinion is that politicians on the average stand up somewhat better than…
- Amateur bureaucrats are often even worse than professional bureaucrats.
- Self-righteousness has killed more people than smoking.
- There is only one thing more harmful to society than an elected official forgetting the promises he made in order to get elected; that's when…
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