"The great mistake about Europe is taking the countries seriously and letting them quarrel and drop bombs on one another."

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Source : Edmund Wilson, Edward J.N. Wilson (1983). “The Forties: From Notebooks and Diaries of the Period”

Edmund Wilson

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“I thought the whole idea of being a conservative was to keep the government from messing around in people's lives. And yet they say the government should be getting into people's families. That's messing pretty heavily where I come from.”

Source : "Edward Zigler". The Progressive Magazine, Interview, www.thefreelibrary.com. June 1, 2002.
“Beer has long been the prime lubricant in our social intercourse and the sacred throat-anointing fluid that accompanies the ritual of mateship. To sink a few cold ones with the blokes is both an escape and a confirmation of belonging.”
“Adultery - which is the only grounds for divorce in New York - is not grounds for divorce in California. As a matter of fact, adultery in Southern California is grounds for marriage.”
“That's what I mean by "Western morality," is the lack of morality. There is none. People are out for themselves, and they'll stab you in the back.”
“We are trying to construct a more inclusive society. We are going to make a country in which no one is left out.”
“Certain dressmakers desire to pass for an artist. I have one ambition: that is to have good taste.”
“When one cow was found with BSE in 2003, many of our trading partners closed their borders to our beef.”

Source : "An Exclusive Interview: USDA Secretary Mike Johanns". Interview with Sam Gazdziak, www.provisioneronline.com. June 1, 2005.
“I haven't a particle of confidence in a man who has no redeeming petty vices whatsoever.”

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