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    Voltaire
    “It is forbidden to kill; therefore all murderers are punished unless they kill in large numbers and to the sound of trumpets.”
    ― Voltaire
    tags: double-standards, ethics, governments, humor, irony, killing, law, mankind, morality, murder, nationalism, nations, war
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    Thomas Jefferson
    “The legitimate powers of government extend to such acts only as are injurious to others. It does me no injury for my neighbor to say there are twenty gods or no god. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg.”
    ― Thomas Jefferson
    tags: atheism, philosophy, religion
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    Ronald Reagan
    “Government exists to protect us from each other. Where government has gone beyond its limits is in deciding to protect us from ourselves.”
    ― Ronald Reagan
    tags: freedom-of-choice, government, inspirational, political-philosophy, politics
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    Dwight David Eisenhower
    “Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed. This world in arms is not spending money alone. It is spending the sweat of its laborers, the genius of its scientists, the hopes of its children. This is not a way of life at all in any true sense. Under the clouds of war, it is humanity hanging on a cross of iron.”
    ― Dwight D. Eisenhower
    tags: government, guns, military, military-budget, politics, poverty, war, weapons
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    Gerald R. Ford
    “A government big enough to give you everything you want is a government big enough to take from you everything you have.”
    ― Gerald R. Ford
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    Plato
    “The price good men pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men.”
    ― Plato
    tags: philosophy
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    Plato
    “Only the dead have seen the end of war.”
    ― Plato
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    Plato
    “Never discourage anyone...who continually makes progress, no matter how slow.”
    ― Plato
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    Plato
    “good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will find a way around the laws”
    ― Plato
    tags: laws, people
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    Plato
    “I'm trying to think, don't confuse me with facts.”
    ― Plato
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    Plato
    “The measure of a man is what he does with power.”
    ― Plato
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    Plato
    “Education is teaching our children to desire the right things.”
    ― Plato
    tags: inspirational
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    Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
    “The only difference between Hitler and Bush is that Hitler was elected.”
    ― Kurt Vonnegut
    tags: adolf-hitler, electoral-politics, george-w-bush, humor, politics
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    George H.W. Bush
    “There is but one just use of power, and it is to serve people.”
    ― George H.W. Bush
    tags: grace, humility, servant-leadership, servanthood
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    Bill Clinton
    “We all do better when we work together. Our differences do matter, but our common humanity matters more."
    - Bill Clinton”
    ― Bill Clinton
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    Ronald Reagan
    “I've noticed that everyone who is for abortion has already been born.”
    ― Ronald Reagan
    tags: abortion, obvious, right-to-life
    898 likes

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    John Lennon
    “When I was 5 years old, my mother always told me that happiness was the key to life. When I went to school, they asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up. I wrote down ‘happy’. They told me I didn’t understand the assignment, and I told them they didn’t understand life.”
    ― John Lennon
    tags: inspirational, life
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    John Lennon
    “If everyone demanded peace instead of another television set, then there'd be peace.”
    ― John Lennon
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    John Lennon
    “Reality leaves a lot to the imagination.”
    ― John Lennon
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    John Grisham
    “If you're gonna be stupid you gotta be tough.”
    ― John Grisham, The Testament
    tags: stupidity
    185 likes

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    John Grisham
    “How could homosexuals possibly srew up the sanctity of marriage any worse than heterosexuals?”
    ― John Grisham, The Appeal
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    Socrates
    “The secret of happiness, you see, is not found in seeking more, but in developing the capacity to enjoy less.”
    ― Socrates
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    Mark Twain
    “Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to reform (or pause and reflect).”
    ― Mark Twain
    tags: individuality, majority, minority, pause, reflect, wisdom
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    Mark Twain
    “′Classic′ - a book which people praise and don't read.”
    ― Mark Twain
    tags: books, classic, reading
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    Mark Twain
    “Don’t go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first.”
    ― Mark Twain
    tags: living, world
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    Mark Twain
    “God created war so that Americans would learn geography.”
    ― Mark Twain
    tags: americans, geography, war
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    Mark Twain
    “When I was a boy of 14, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be 21, I was astonished at how much the old man had learned in seven years.”
    ― Mark Twain
    tags: arrogance, humor, ignorance
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    Mark Twain
    “History doesn't repeat itself, but it does rhyme.”
    ― Mark Twain
    tags: history
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    Mark Twain
    “A banker is a fellow who lends you his umbrella when the sun is shining, but wants it back the minute it begins to rain.”
    ― Mark Twain
    tags: bank, bankers, humor
    1600 likes

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    Ron Paul
    “I'm convinced that you never have to give up liberties to be safe. I think you're less safe when you give up your liberties.”
    ― Ron Paul
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