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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. "
John McCarthy
Forgetting
Society
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" When thugs by nature meet thugs by political conviction, 5-0 is not surprising. "
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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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" The difference between a contemporary liberal and a socialist is that to a liberal the most beautiful word in the English language is 'forbidden', whereas to a socialist the most beautiful word is 'compulsory'. "
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" Suicidal terrorists may have short shelf lives. "
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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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Trust
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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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" Alas few socialists are either benevolent enough to work hard at these occupations out of benevolence or self-interested enough to work hard at them for money. "
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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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" A declining institution often experiences survival of the unfittest. "
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" His ambition is to be the spider in the World Wide Web. "
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" Foolishness is rarely a matter of lack of intelligence or even lack of information. "
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Matter
Information
" My opinion is that he's a swindler and you're a sucker. "
John McCarthy
You
Sucker
He
" 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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" A true intellectual is a man who, after reading a book and being convinced by its arguments, will shoot someone or, more likely, order someone shot. "
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True
Intellectual
" We modern Marxists regard socialism as a historically brief transitional stage between feudalism and capitalism, necessary only in backward countries. "
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Modern
Capitalism
Socialism
" Soccer riots kill at most tens. Intellectuals' ideological riots sometimes kill millions. "
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Riots
Soccer
Sometimes
" In human history, the desire for revenge and the desire for loot have often been closely associated. "
John McCarthy
Revenge
Been
Human
" Asking a critic to name his favorite book is like asking a butcher to name his favorite pig. "
John McCarthy
Like
Name
Pig
" 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. "
John McCarthy
World
Some People
People
" Compassion is contempt with a human face. "
John McCarthy
Human
Compassion
Human Face
" Once a person has killed other people on behalf of an ideology, he becomes rather devoted to it. "
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Other
People
" Hard distinctions make bad philosophy. "
John McCarthy
Philosophy
Make
Bad
" Amateur bureaucrats are often even worse than professional bureaucrats. "
John McCarthy
Amateur
Than
Worse
" An excessive knowledge of Marxism is a sign of a misspent youth. "
John McCarthy
Youth
Marxism
Knowledge
" If I owned Marseilles and Hell, I'd rent out Marseilles and live in Hell. "
John McCarthy
Rent
Hell
Owned
" He who refuses to do arithmetic is doomed to talk nonsense. "
John McCarthy
Nonsense
He
Talk
" Self-righteousness has killed more people than smoking. "
John McCarthy
More People
Than
More
" An extreme optimist is a man who believes that humanity will probably survive even if it doesn't take his advice. "
John McCarthy
Man
Will
Advice
" Language is froth on the surface of thought. "
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Thought
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" Slogans rarely convince the unconvinced. However, they do rally the troops already on your side. "
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Convince
Troops