"Thanks to guys like Boss Tweed, famous for saying, 'I don't give a damn who does the voting, as long as I do the nominating,' there hasn't been an honest election in the USA since sometime around the War Between the States."

-- L. Neil Smith

#War Quotes #Usa Quotes #Long Quotes

“The quivering of Psyche's butterflies.”
“Going to a party, for me, is as much a learning experience as, you know, sitting in a lecture.”
“Usually when you're working is when people want you to work. They don't want you as much when you're not working. That's the frustrating nature of our business.”
“Remember, government is not an enlightened organization designed to promote public welfare. It is barbaric, uncivilized forcemilitary and police power put to the service of the insiders who control it. Yes, there are constraints on the way the insiders use their power. There are 'checks and balances,' built into the constitution, for example. And there are cultural norms and traditional prohibitions. But eventually, the norms and traditions wear off, like painkillers. And then, the pain of raw government begins again.”

Source : "Careful Steps to Avoid a 'Dystopian Future'" by Bill Bonner, dailyreckoning.com. January 12, 2012.
“I want whoever has the title in a couple of months.”
“Every major work of art is a transgression, but the artist is not necessarily, by nature, a transgressor.”
“Play is basic to all normal and healthy children. It provides pleasure and learning and a minimum of risks and penalties for mistakes.”

Source : Frank Caplan, Theresa Caplan (1973). “The Power of Play”, Doubleday
“What goes down on film is different to what you see with the naked eye.”

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