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"Pessimism is as American as apple pie - frozen apple pie with a slice of processed cheese."
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"Seeing the glass as half empty is more positive than seeing it as half full. Through such a lens the only choice is to pour more. That is righteous pessimism."

"Pessimists are not boring. Pessimists are right. Pessimists are superfluous."

"Pessimism is a luxury that a Jew can never allow himself."

"I foresee that man will resign himself each day to new abominations, and soon that only bandits and soldiers will be left."

"I never said I was sad, I'm just pessimistic, said Alecto. "Expect the worst, that way you'll never be disappointed, Mandy Valems."

"The nationalist not only does not disapprove of atrocities committed by his own side, but he has a remarkable capacity for not even hearing about them."
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"In the lexicon of the political class, the word "sacrifice" means that the citizens are supposed to mail even more of their income to Washington so that the political class will not have to sacrifice the pleasure of spending it."

"A society that thinks the choice between ways of living is just a choice between equally eligible "lifestyles" turns universities into academic cafeterias offering junk food for the mind."

"Pessimism is as American as apple pie - frozen apple pie with a slice of processed cheese."

"Politics should share one purpose with religion: the steady emancipation of the individual through the education of his passions."

"Look, three love affairs in history, are Abelard and Eloise, Romeo and Juliet and the American media and this President at the moment. But this doesn't matter over time. Reality will impinge. If his programs work, he's fine. If it doesn't work, all of the adulation of journalists in the world won't matter."

"A politician's words reveal less about what he thinks about his subject than what he thinks about his audience."
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