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“How did sex come to be thought of as dirty in the first place? God must have been a Republican. ”
“As the age of television progresses the Reagans will be the rule, not the exception. To be perfect for television is all a President has to be these days. ”
“Every election is a sort of advance auction sale of stolen goods.”
“And when there are enough outsiders together in one place, a mystic osmosis takes place and you're inside.”
“another tradition to politics, a tradition (of politics) that stretched from the days of the countrys founding to the glory of the civil rights movement, a tradition based on the simple idea that w...”
“Failure of government programs prompts more determined effort, while the loss of liberty is ignored or rationalized away...whether is it is the war on poverty, drugs, terrorism...or the current Hit...”
“The true axis of evil in America is the brilliance of our marketing combined with the stupidity of our people.”
“Thanksgiving Day, a function which originated in New England two or three centuries ago when those people recognized that they really had something to be thankful for -- annually, not oftener -- if...”
“The trouble with practical jokes is that very often they get elected.”
“Politicians are the same all over. They promise to build a bridge even where there is no river. ”
“Custom will reconcile people to any atrocity, and fashion will drive them to acquire any custom.”
“Elections are won by men and women chiefly because most people vote against somebody rather than for somebody.”
“Republicans stand for raw, unbridled evil and greed and ignorance smothered in balloons and ribbons.”
“Capitalism is the astounding belief that the most wickedest of men will do the most wickedest of things for the greatest good of everyone.”
“Should any political party attempt to abolish social security unemployment insurance and eliminate labor laws and farm programs you would not hear of that party again in our political history. Ther...”
“We think of faith as a source of comfort and understanding but find our expressions of faith sowing division; we believe ourselves to be a tolerant people even as racial, religious, and cultural te...”
“Decent people should ignore politics, if only they could be confident that politics would ignore them”
“The tendency to claim God as an ally for our partisan value and ends is the source of all religious fanaticism. ”
“A party of order or stability, and a party of progress or reform, are both necessary elements of a healthy state of political life.”
“That's what I like to call him, "the current president." I find it difficult to say or type his name, George W. Bush. I like to call him "the current president" because it's a hopeful phrase, imply...”
