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"No brilliance is needed in the law. Nothing but common sense, and relatively clean finger nails."
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"What is 'common sense'? (It is that which is) Everywhere applicable, theoretically as well as practically!"

"Common sense varies among the young, as among the old."

"Requiring valid, photographic identification is a common sense step to ensure voter integrity and sound elections."

"We have too many intellectuals who are afraid to use the pistol of common sense."

"It is common sense to take a method and try it. If it fails, admit it frankly and try another. But above all, try something."

"Do not be bullied out of your common sense by the specialist; two to one, he is a pedant."

"This is a bipartisan effort. This is just good common sense. This is where the public wants us to go. They want us to not be so dependent on foreign oil."
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"I refuse to spend my life worrying about what I eat. There is no pleasure worth forgoing just for an extra three years in the geriatric ward."


"The freedom to make a fortune on the stock exchange has been made to sound more alluring than freedom of speech."


"The worst fault of the working classes is telling their children they're not going to succeed."


"All the flower children were as alike as a congress of accountants and about as interesting."
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