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" He who refuses to do arithmetic is doomed to talk nonsense. "
John McCarthy
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" My opinion is that he's a swindler and you're a sucker. "
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" Slogans rarely convince the unconvinced. However, they do rally the troops already on your side. "
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" Of course, Third World leaders love you. By ascribing third world ills to First World sins, you absolve them of blame for their countries' failure to advance. "
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" There is only one thing more harmful to society than an elected official forgetting the promises he made in order to get elected; that's when he doesn't forget them. "
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" Compassion is contempt with a human face. "
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" In human history, the desire for revenge and the desire for loot have often been closely associated. "
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" Amateur bureaucrats are often even worse than professional bureaucrats. "
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" The slogan was 'Don't trust anyone over thirty'. Sixty years later the slogan became, 'Don't trust anyone over ninety'. "
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" Both politicians and journalists face situations which strain their honesty and humanity. My opinion is that politicians on the average stand up somewhat better than journalists. "
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" The peace movement is a great force for peace. Some of the world's most quarrelsome people act out their aggressions through the peace movement. "
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" Don't try to talk anyone out of concentrating his hatred on Ayn Rand or any other dead person. It can't harm the dead. Diverted to a living person, it might actually do harm. "
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" Hardly anyone has noticed that in the Northern Hemisphere people stir their drinks counterclockwise, whereas the same people stir their drinks clockwise when visiting the Southern Hemisphere. "
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" Proposals to forbid golf courses have about the same motivations as proposals to forbid skate boarding, although the rationalizations are different. "
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" If a person can be said to have the wrong attitude, there is no need to pay attention to his arguments. "
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" It is said that man doesn't live by bread alone. Sometimes this is unfortunate, because people who cannot live by bread alone too often kill other people in consequence of the fights they get into. "
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" An excessive knowledge of Marxism is a sign of a misspent youth. "
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