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"Pessimism never won any battle."
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"Cynicism is full of naive disappointments."
"I cannot here withhold the statement that optimism, where it is not merely the thoughtless talk of those who harbor nothing but words under their shallow foreheads, seems to me to be not merely an absurd, but also a really wicked, way of thinking, a bitter mockery of the most unspeakable sufferings of mankind."
"Pessimism is as American as apple pie - frozen apple pie with a slice of processed cheese."
"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."
"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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"If you want total security, go to prison. There you're fed, clothed, given medical care and so on. The only thing lacking... is freedom."
"I don't like the idea of something where you have to depend upon the integrity of the man and not the integrity of the institution."
"I can think of nothing more boring for the American people than to have to sit in their living rooms for a whole half hour looking at my face on their television screens."
"This is what I found out about religion: It gives you courage to make decisions you must make in a crisis and then the confidence to leave the result to a Higher Power. Only by trust in God can a man carrying responsibility find repose."
"Well, when you come down to it, I don't see that a reporter could do much to a president, do you?"
"Leadership is the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it."
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