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"The vision that the founding fathers had of rule of law and equality before the law and no one above the law, that is a very viable vision, but instead of that, we have quasi mob rule."
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James Bovard

"The vision that the founding fathers had of rule of law and equality before the law and no one above the law, that is a very viable vision, but instead of that, we have quasi mob rule."

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"I was amazed at how easy it was for the Clinton Administration to basically cover what they did at Waco in the fog of lies and avoid any responsibility for it."
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James Bovard

"I was amazed at how easy it was for the Clinton Administration to basically cover what they did at Waco in the fog of lies and avoid any responsibility for it."

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"As long as enough people can be frightened, then all people can be ruled. That is how it works in a democratic system and mass fear becomes the ticket to destroy rights across the board."
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James Bovard

"As long as enough people can be frightened, then all people can be ruled. That is how it works in a democratic system and mass fear becomes the ticket to destroy rights across the board."

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"How many McDonald's gift certificates would it take to sway a lot of Americans to pledge to never publicly criticize the U.S, President?"
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James Bovard

"How many McDonald's gift certificates would it take to sway a lot of Americans to pledge to never publicly criticize the U.S, President?"

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"Entire generations of Americans have come of age since the ancient time when the president's power was constrained by a duty of candor to the American people."
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James Bovard

"Entire generations of Americans have come of age since the ancient time when the president's power was constrained by a duty of candor to the American people."

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"It is one of the great tragedies of the US, that most learn most of what they know about the government from the government."
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James Bovard

"It is one of the great tragedies of the US, that most learn most of what they know about the government from the government."

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"If an election is simply a one-day snapshot of transient mass delusions, then this is not a very noble form of government."
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James Bovard

"If an election is simply a one-day snapshot of transient mass delusions, then this is not a very noble form of government."

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"If so many Americans are looking for the government to save them, then it is hard to have a dignified search for a shepherd in chief."
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James Bovard

"If so many Americans are looking for the government to save them, then it is hard to have a dignified search for a shepherd in chief."

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"It has been surprising to me that so few conservatives have voiced concern over the precedence that are being set in favor of suppression by this so-called conservative administration."
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James Bovard

"It has been surprising to me that so few conservatives have voiced concern over the precedence that are being set in favor of suppression by this so-called conservative administration."

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"It is amazing to think after all that has happened in this country in the last few years, the last few decades, that so many people have this blind faith that government is our friend and therefore, so we don't need protections against it."
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James Bovard

"It is amazing to think after all that has happened in this country in the last few years, the last few decades, that so many people have this blind faith that government is our friend and therefore, so we don't need protections against it."

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"It is hard to know how many people do, but given that the people are so docile towards the rulers, nowadays, very few Americans show the passion for freedom that our forefathers had."
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James Bovard

"It is hard to know how many people do, but given that the people are so docile towards the rulers, nowadays, very few Americans show the passion for freedom that our forefathers had."

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"It is important to recognize and politics positive thinking is often the slaves' virtue - something that people do to con themselves about the burden and change being placed upon them."
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James Bovard

"It is important to recognize and politics positive thinking is often the slaves' virtue - something that people do to con themselves about the burden and change being placed upon them."

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"It is like we are obliged to assume that the government is only doing what it says it is doing."
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James Bovard

"It is like we are obliged to assume that the government is only doing what it says it is doing."

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"Well, one of the first things is to restore the rule of law, to place the government back under the cage of law. Another thing is to stop falling for the myth of democracy."
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James Bovard

"Well, one of the first things is to restore the rule of law, to place the government back under the cage of law. Another thing is to stop falling for the myth of democracy."

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"With attention deficit democracy, I am trying to wake up people to how the combination of mass ignorance, fear mongering by the government, and lying politicians is putting our entire system of government to a death spiral."
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James Bovard

"With attention deficit democracy, I am trying to wake up people to how the combination of mass ignorance, fear mongering by the government, and lying politicians is putting our entire system of government to a death spiral."

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"This is a case if the President is permitted to be above the law, then we no longer have a republic."
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James Bovard

"This is a case if the President is permitted to be above the law, then we no longer have a republic."

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"This stuff on enemy combatants, the Bush Administration has fought like a tiger to avoid having to produce any evidence to a judge to show why somebody is locked up in perpetuity. Another example of that is the torture scandal."
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James Bovard

"This stuff on enemy combatants, the Bush Administration has fought like a tiger to avoid having to produce any evidence to a judge to show why somebody is locked up in perpetuity. Another example of that is the torture scandal."

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"The great artist is a slave to his ideals."
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Christian Nestell Bovee

"The great artist is a slave to his ideals."

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"Wine is a treacherous friend who you must always be on guard for."
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Christian Nestell Bovee

"Wine is a treacherous friend who you must always be on guard for."

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"When all else is lost, the future still remains."
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Christian Nestell Bovee

"When all else is lost, the future still remains."

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"We trifle when we assign limits to our desires, since nature hath set none."
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Christian Nestell Bovee

"We trifle when we assign limits to our desires, since nature hath set none."

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"We make way for the man who boldly pushes past us."
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Christian Nestell Bovee

"We make way for the man who boldly pushes past us."

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"We fear things in proportion to our ignorance of them."
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Christian Nestell Bovee

"We fear things in proportion to our ignorance of them."

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"Tranquil pleasures last the longest; we are not fitted to bear the burden of great joys."
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Christian Nestell Bovee

"Tranquil pleasures last the longest; we are not fitted to bear the burden of great joys."

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"There is great beauty in going through life without anxiety or fear. Half our fears are baseless, and the other half discreditable."
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Christian Nestell Bovee

"There is great beauty in going through life without anxiety or fear. Half our fears are baseless, and the other half discreditable."

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"The small courtesies sweeten life; the greater ennoble it."
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Christian Nestell Bovee

"The small courtesies sweeten life; the greater ennoble it."

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"The grandest of all laws is the law of progressive development. Under it, in the wide sweep of things, men grow wiser as they grow older, and societies better."
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Christian Nestell Bovee

"The grandest of all laws is the law of progressive development. Under it, in the wide sweep of things, men grow wiser as they grow older, and societies better."

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"They are the weakest, however strong, who have no faith in themselves or their own powers."
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Christian Nestell Bovee

"They are the weakest, however strong, who have no faith in themselves or their own powers."

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"The passions are like fire, useful in a thousand ways and dangerous only in one, through their excess."
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Christian Nestell Bovee

"The passions are like fire, useful in a thousand ways and dangerous only in one, through their excess."

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"As threshing separates the wheat from the chaff, so does affliction purify virtue."
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Christian Nestell Bovee

"As threshing separates the wheat from the chaff, so does affliction purify virtue."

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"A failure establishes only this, that our determination to succeed was not strong enough."
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Christian Nestell Bovee

"A failure establishes only this, that our determination to succeed was not strong enough."

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"Example has more followers than reason. We unconsciously imitate what pleases us, and approximate to the characters we most admire."
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Christian Nestell Bovee

"Example has more followers than reason. We unconsciously imitate what pleases us, and approximate to the characters we most admire."

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"Courage enlarges, cowardice diminishes resources. In desperate straits the fears of the timid aggravate the dangers that imperil the brave."
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Christian Nestell Bovee

"Courage enlarges, cowardice diminishes resources. In desperate straits the fears of the timid aggravate the dangers that imperil the brave."

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"Doubt whom you will, but never yourself."
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Christian Nestell Bovee

"Doubt whom you will, but never yourself."

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"Earth took her shining station as a star, In Heaven's dark hall, high up the crowd of worlds."
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Christian Nestell Bovee

"Earth took her shining station as a star, In Heaven's dark hall, high up the crowd of worlds."

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"Enthusiasm is the inspiration of everything great. Without it no man is to be feared, and with it none despised."
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Christian Nestell Bovee

"Enthusiasm is the inspiration of everything great. Without it no man is to be feared, and with it none despised."

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"False friends are like our shadow, keeping close to us while we walk in the sunshine, but leaving us the instant we cross into the shade."
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Christian Nestell Bovee

"False friends are like our shadow, keeping close to us while we walk in the sunshine, but leaving us the instant we cross into the shade."

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"Fame - a few words upon a tombstone, and the truth of those not to be depended on."
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Christian Nestell Bovee

"Fame - a few words upon a tombstone, and the truth of those not to be depended on."

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"Genius makes its observations in short-hand; talent writes them out at length."
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Christian Nestell Bovee

"Genius makes its observations in short-hand; talent writes them out at length."

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"Music is the fourth great material want, first food, then clothes, then shelter, then music."
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Christian Nestell Bovee

"Music is the fourth great material want, first food, then clothes, then shelter, then music."

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"Many children, many cares; no children, no felicity."
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Christian Nestell Bovee

"Many children, many cares; no children, no felicity."

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"Living with a saint is more grueling than being one."
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Christian Nestell Bovee

"Living with a saint is more grueling than being one."

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"It is the passion that is in a kiss that gives to it its sweetness; it is the affection in a kiss that sanctifies it."
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Christian Nestell Bovee

"It is the passion that is in a kiss that gives to it its sweetness; it is the affection in a kiss that sanctifies it."

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"It is ever the invisible that is the object of our profoundest worship. With the lover it is not the seen but the unseen that he muses upon."
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Christian Nestell Bovee

"It is ever the invisible that is the object of our profoundest worship. With the lover it is not the seen but the unseen that he muses upon."

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"In ambition, as in love, the successful can afford to be indulgent toward their rivals. The prize our own, it is graceful to recognize the merit that vainly aspired to it."
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Christian Nestell Bovee

"In ambition, as in love, the successful can afford to be indulgent toward their rivals. The prize our own, it is graceful to recognize the merit that vainly aspired to it."

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"Heaven lent you a soul, Earth will lend a grave."
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Christian Nestell Bovee

"Heaven lent you a soul, Earth will lend a grave."

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"Good men have the fewest fears. He has but one great fear who fears to do wrong; he has a thousand who has overcome it."
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Christian Nestell Bovee

"Good men have the fewest fears. He has but one great fear who fears to do wrong; he has a thousand who has overcome it."

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"In politics, merit is rewarded by the possessor being raised, like a target, to a position to be fired at."
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Christian Nestell Bovee

"In politics, merit is rewarded by the possessor being raised, like a target, to a position to be fired at."

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"The body of a sensualist is the coffin of a dead soul."
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Christian Nestell Bovee

"The body of a sensualist is the coffin of a dead soul."

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"Next to being witty, the best thing is being able to quote another's wit."
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Christian Nestell Bovee

"Next to being witty, the best thing is being able to quote another's wit."

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