"Authority has always attracted the lowest elements in the human race"

-- P. J. O'Rourke

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“The unhappy derive comfort from the misfortunes of others.”
“Many, however, gives themselves to God, but preserve still in their hearts some attachment to creatures, which prevents them from belonging entirely to God.”
“It's a small world." . . . "When you put it in a cemetery it is.”
“The truth is like a lion; you donâ€™t have to defend it. Let it loose; it will defend itself.”
“His head was swimming, and he was far from certain even of the direction they had been going in when he had his fall. He guessed as well as he could, and crawled along for a good way, till suddenly his hand met what felt like a tiny ring of cold metal lying on the floor of the tunnel. It was a turning point in his career, but he did not know it. He put the ring in his pocket almost without thinking; certainly it did not seem of any particular use at the moment.”
“I believe that if you don't have systems, you don't have a business - you simply have a job for yourself. My challenge has been to build those systems in a new restaurant setting.”

Source : Source: www.harpersbazaar.com
“One thing that does seem to me to be fairly consistent is that presidents who restrict civil liberties, even in wartime, are usually judged harshly for it. So most people agree that one of the worst stains on the reputation of FDR, who is widely considered a great president, is the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II. Likewise, Lincoln is judged harshly for the suspension of habeas corpus.”

Source : "Making Presidential History". The Washington Post Live Q&As, www.slate.com. August 9, 2007.
“I can do whatever it takes to win.”

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