"The only difference between a pigeon and the American farmer today is that a pigeon can still make a deposit on a John Deere."

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"The only difference between a pigeon and the American farmer today is that a pigeon can still make a deposit on a John Deere."

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"When men reject reason, they have no means left for dealing with one another - except brute, physical force."

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"Experience is in the fingers and the head. The heart is inexperienced."

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"And they that rule in England, in stately conclaves met, alas, alas for England they have no graves as yet."

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"I believe the term is 'eminent domain.'Ah, yes. That means 'theft by the government."

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"There is no single truth in a world ruled by many political parties."

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"Political or military commentators, like astrologers, can survive almost any mistake, because their more devoted followers do not look to them for an appraisal of the facts but for the stimulation of nationalistic loyalties."

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"Democracy is good, but it is not good for an uneducated dogmatic society. Often, that society does not know how to choose wisely."

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"If you have to say or do something controversial, aim so that people will hate that they love it and not love that they hate it."

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"The Bible declares that on the sixth day God created man. Right then and there, God should have demanded a damage deposit."

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"The good news, though, is that I find in my political travels that people, as regular citizens, are more interested than ever in getting together and having discussions. They want to hear about other viewpoints that differ entirely from what the administration is putting out."

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"But, as my mother used to tell me, two wrongs don't make a right. But I soon figured out that three left turns do."

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"If you don't speak out now when it matters, when would it matter for you to speak out?"

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"It's hard for the donkeys to win the race if they're going to carry the elephants on their backs."

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"This is a matter of public health. The public was sick and tired of DeLay and his corruption."

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