"A nation can survive its fools, and even the ambitious. But it cannot survive treason from within. An enemy at the gates is less formidable, for he is known and carries his banner openly. But the traitor moves amongst those within the gate freely, his sly whispers rustling through all the alleys, heard in the very halls of government itself."

-- Marcus Tullius Cicero

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“It is my belief that tax credits only go to people who are making money, and they generally keep it.”
“When we are attentive to our actions we are not prisoners to our habits.”
“Human development thus far has been fueled and guided by the feeling that things could be, and are probably going to be, better.”
“Life is impermanent and in the face of that impermanence, cavort! Look death in the eye, tell him youâ€™re as cute as a button, flash a little deviant guile his way, and tell him to go feast on somebodyâ€™s elseâ€™s sweet flesh.”
“The prince is never going to come. Everyone knows that; and maybe sleeping beauty's dead.”
“Billy Crystal... I crap bigger than him.”

Source : "The Oscars' Speech". www.rte.ie. February 27, 2011.
“Be good, kind, and friendly to the receptionist. She's had a hard day.”
“I feel that man can transcend himself to a point where he can accomplish greater things than he thinks. I see people depressed and I see people who devalue themselves and I feel that's a terrible, terrible waste. But I love the people who try. But try fairly, try honestly.”

Source : Interview with Leonard Pitts, Jr., kirbymuseum.org. 1986/7.

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