"It has been said, and perhaps with truth, that the conclusions of Political Economy partake more of the certainty of the stricter sciences than those of most of the other branches of human knowledge."

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Thomas Malthus

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“Death and loss, they plague you. So do memories. Like the Mississippi's incessant slap against the levees, they creep up with deceptive sweetness before grabbing your heart and pulling it under.”
“Soul, a particle of God, is blessed with the gift of creative imagination, which finds a solution for every problem.”
“In reality, a person questioning the existence of the Satanic conspiracy is merely pointing out that the emperor is wearing no clothes. In that case, one can understand why the emperor's tailors get upset and suggest the person doing the pointing is a tool of the devil. Then the question comes down to one of whether the crowd will believe the evidence they have before them, or if they will buy into the tailors' fantasies.”

Source : "The Pulling Report". limsk.tripod.com. 1990.
“As a result of America's efforts to realize the ideals of equality and freedom, blacks in America are now the freest and richest black people anywhere on the face of the earth including all of the nations that are ruled by blacks.”
“Yesterday is yesterday. If we try to recapture it, we will only lose tomorrow.”

Source : William J. Clinton “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States, William J. Clinton, 1993, Bk. 2, August 1 to December 31, 1993”, Government Printing Office
“I think Charles Manson was a hair's breath away from just being a terrorist. He wanted to start a war, too.”
“I don't know of any of us that want to see any kind of default happen.”

Source : "GOP warned of 'death spiral'" by Marin Cogan, www.politico.com. July 21, 2011.
“I can never make up my mind if I'm happy being a flute player, or if I wish I were Eric Clapton.”

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