"Isn't lying supposed to be a 'sin'? Or is it okay to lie when trying to make people you hate look bad?"

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"Isn't lying supposed to be a 'sin'? Or is it okay to lie when trying to make people you hate look bad?"

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"The best way to piss off your enemies is to out-succeed, out laugh and out live them."

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"In my view, any government whose state is perpetually at war, and remains so in spite of initiatives to make peace, is incompetent and unfit and should resign."

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"You can only appreciate being up when you know what it's like to have been down."

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"Dominating others is not equality."

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