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Theodore Roosevelt
“Patriotism means to stand by the country. It does not mean to stand by the president or any other public official, save exactly to the degree in which he himself stands by the country. It is patriotic to support him insofar as he efficiently serves the country. It is unpatriotic not to oppose him to the exact extent that by inefficiency or otherwise he fails in his duty to stand by the country. In either event, it is unpatriotic not to tell the truth, whether about the president or anyone else.”
Theodore Roosevelt

Stephen Fry
“Books are no more threatened by Kindle than stairs by elevators.”
Stephen Fry

Honoré de Balzac
“Reading brings us unknown friends”
Honore de Balzac

Tom Robbins
“The function of the artist is to provide what life does not.”
Tom Robbins

Tom Robbins
“Religion is not merely the opium of the masses, it's the cyanide.”
Tom Robbins

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