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"Opposition may become sweet to a man when he has christened it persecution."

"In the course of history, men come to see that iron necessity is neither iron nor necessary."

"A man in passion rides a horse that runs away with him."

"There is nothing so stupid as the educated man if you get him off the thing he was educated in."

"The dons of Oxford and Cambridge are too busy educating the young men to be able to teach them anything."

"In the last analysis, even the best man is evil: in the last analysis, even the best woman is bad."
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"It has been said that there is no fool like an old fool, except a young fool. But the young fool has first to grow up to be an old fool to realize what a damn fool he was when he was a young fool."

"I read a great number of press reports and find comfort in the fact that they are nearly always conflicting."

"If people want a sense of purpose they should get it from their archbishop. They should certainly not get it from their politicians."

"If you don't believe in God, all you have to believe in is decency. Decency is very good. Better decent than indecent. But I don't think it's enough."

"I was determined that no British government should be brought down by the action of two tarts."

"We have not overthrown the divine right of kings to fall down for the divine right of experts."

"Marxism is like a classical building that followed the Renaissance; beautiful in its way, but incapable of growth."
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