"We're not a democracy. It's a terrible misunderstandin g and a slander to the idea of democracy to call us that. In reality, we're a plutocracy: a government by the wealthy."

-- Ramsey Clark

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“It's innate in me to be a blue-dog Democrat. I'm not saying I'm right or wrong, but that's what I am. My wife and I and our family will do everything we can to support Obama. I like his ideas, I like his energy, and I like the statement he would make for our country to the world.”
“Every man is a quotation from all his ancestors.”
“Pain has its own noble joy, when it starts a strong consciousness of life, from a stagnant one.”
“We take less pains to be happy, than to appear so.”
“You can never read too much into anything”
“Luck is where opportunity meets preparation.”

Source : Denzel Washington, Daniel Paisner (2006). “A Hand to Guide Me”, p.19, Meredith Books
“People see it [boxing] as a physical contact sport, but it's not. It's really a spiritual one of will against will. Who wants it the most? How much is he willing to take - and dish out - to get it? It's like fighting is 10 percent physical and 90 percent emotional.”
“Everyone wants something real, something that was created to invoke a positive feeling.”

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