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“The Devil is easy to identify. He appears when you're terribly tired and makes a very reasonable request which you know you shouldn't grant.”

Fiorello H. La Guardia

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Appearing Devil Easy Evil Grants Identifying Knows Reasonable Request Tired

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We have had two chickens in every pot, two cars in every garage, and now we have two headaches for every aspirin.

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Prohibition cannot be enforced for the simple reason that the majority of American people do not want it enforced and are resisting its enforcement.

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I am certain that the good Lord never intended grapes to be made into grape jelly.

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You cannot preach self-government and liberty to people in a starving land.

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I am sorry that the distinguished leader of the Republican Party in the House states that he is not versed in botany and publicly…

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My generation has failed miserably. We've failed because of lack of courage and vision. It requires more courage to keep the peace than to…

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The drys seemingly are afraid of the truth. Why not take inventory and ascertain the true conditions. Let us not leave it to the…

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An industry that cannot pay its workers a decent living wage has no right to exist.

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God took the beauty of the Bay of Naples, the Valley of the Nile, the Swiss Alps, the Hudson River Valley, rolled them into…

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When I make a mistake, it's a beauty!

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