"...the greatest political problem facing the world today is...how to curb the oppressive power of government, how to keep it within reasonable bounds."

-- Leonard Read

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“Forgive me. I can no longer live with my nerves.”
“Once you've taken a public stand you know is right, never back down; anything less than a rock-hard stance will let your enemies nibble you to death.”
“Europeans have always thought of U.S. presidents as either naive, as they did with Jimmy Carter, or as cowboys, as they did with Lyndon Johnson, and held them in contempt in either case.”
“Intolerance of groups is often, strangely enough, exhibited more strongly against small differences than against fundamental ones.”
“I always have a basic plot outline, but I like to leave some things to be decided while I write.”
“Your choice is to be active or passive in your responses”
“Be careful of who and what you let into your space. Â Not everyone is worthy of your presence.”
“I know I shall not live very long. But why is that so sad? Is a festival more beautiful because it lasts longer? My sensuous perceptions grow sharper, as if I were supposed to take in everything with the few years that will be offered to me ... And now love will still blossom for me before I depart, and if I've painted three good pictures, then I shall leave gladly with flowers in my hand and my hair.”

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