"There is no crime in the cynical American calendar more humiliating than to be a sucker."

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Max Lerner

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“Fear and anxiety are great motivators for me.”
“Thank goodness my education was neglected.”
“I have a truly marvellous demonstration of this proposition which this margin is too narrow to contain.”
“A leader must look and act the part.”
“Why the transfer of decisions from those with personal experience and a stake in the outcome to those with neither can be expected to lead to better decisions is a question seldom asked, much less answered.”
“Chicks cannot hold their smoke, dat's what it is.”
“If a test of civilization be sought, none can be so sure as the condition of that half of society over which the other half has power.”

Source : Harriet Martineau (1837). “Society in America”, p.156
“I love the ACLU and I'm concerned now, especially when it comes to our rights, with current politics and the religious community and the Conservative majority or minority - I don't know who they are.”

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