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"In the Soviet Union, capitalism triumphed over communism. In this country, capitalism triumphed over democracy."
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"Democracy is not perfect. It is an imperfection that the majority choose to support."

"Politics are for foreigners with their endless wrongs and paltry rights. Politics are a lousy way to get things done. Politics are, like God's infinite mercy, a last resort."

"There is this common notion that young conservatives are the few, that most people had liberal worldviews when they were young. If this is true, then it is with great irony that a number of old liberals must never had progressed into conservatives as they grew older."

"The most dangerous thing to the USA population is not North Korea, it is the USA government."

"If you are stupid enough not to know the difference between the devil and the angel, you quickly find the devil! This is what happens to most people in democracies just after elections!"

"On the Night of the Halloween, I have never seen any evil apparition or fearsome ghost but politicians on TV! They are the real goblins and specters!"

"Literature has to serve as a moral control of politics."
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"Radio news is bearable. This is due to the fact that while the news is being broadcast, the disk jockey is not allowed to talk."

"Original thought is like original sin: both happened before you were born to people you could not have possibly met."

"To put it rather bluntly, I am not the type who wants to go back to the land; I am the type who wants to go back to the hotel."

"I've done the calculation and your chances of winning the lottery are identical whether you play or not."

"Remember that as a teenager you are in the last stage of your life when you will be happy to hear the phone is for you."

"I never met anyone who didn't have a very smart child. What happens to these children, you wonder, when they reach adulthood?"
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