"I am not one who - who flamboyantly believes in throwing a lot of words around."

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"Patriotism is the narcissism of countries."

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"Extreme positions are not succeeded by moderate ones, but by contrary extreme positions."

Friedrich Nietzsche, German Philosopher

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"All authority belongs to the people."

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"A reactionary is a somnambulist walking backwards."

Franklin D. Roosevelt, American President

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"Help yourself with the state! It's on democracy!"

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"Our democracy is but a name. We vote? What does that mean? It means we choose between two bodies of real, though not avowed, autocrats. We choose between Tweedledum and Tweedledee..."

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"Make them fear you. Machiavelli said it nearly six hundred years ago, but it's still true. Every ruler should strive for his people to love him. But if they cannot love you, then make them fear you. Love is better, but fear will do the job."

Laurell K. Hamilton, American Writer

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"I seldom think of politics more than eighteen hours a day."

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"I have opinions of my own, strong opinions, but I don't always agree with them."

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"America is never wholly herself unless she is engaged in high moral principle. We as a people have such a purpose today. It is to make kinder the face of the nation and gentler the face of the world."

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"You cannot be President of the United States if you don't have faith. Remember Lincoln, going to his knees in times of trial in the Civil War and all that stuff."

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"All authority belongs to the people."

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"Our democracy is but a name. We vote? What does that mean? It means we choose between two bodies of real, though not avowed, autocrats. We choose between Tweedledum and Tweedledee..."

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