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Harry Shearer

"Democrats always like to brag that their guys are smarter than the opponents and Republicans always like to brag that their guys are more moral than the opponents. But if you're looking for morals in politics you're looking for bananas in the cheese department."

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"Democrats always like to brag that their guys are smarter than the opponents and Republicans always like to brag that their guys are more moral than the opponents. But if you're looking for morals in politics you're looking for bananas in the cheese department."

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"I follow suit, said the lion, vacating his coat of arms and movie logos; and the eagle said, Get me off this flag."

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"Democracy passes into despotism."

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"The government itself, which is only the mode which the people have chosen to execute their will, is equally liable to be abused and perverted before the people can act through it."

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"I do not look upon these United States as a finished product. We are still in the making."

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"Government! Three fourths parasitic and the other fourth Stupid fumbling."

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"If absolute power corrupts absolutely, does absolute powerlessness make you pure?"
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