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"Back in the thirties we were told we must collectivize the nation because the people were so poor. Now we are told we must collectivize the nation because the people are so rich."
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"Often people display a curious respect for a man drunk, rather like the respect of simple races for the insane... There is something awe-inspiring in one who has lost all inhibitions."
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"The last resort of kings, the cannonball. The last resort of the people, the paving stone."
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"It is not true that people are naturally equal for no two people can be together for even a half an hour without one acquiring an evident superiority over the other."
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"There are bad people who would be less dangerous if they were quite devoid of goodness."
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"I do not want people to be very agreeable, as it saves me the trouble of liking them a great deal."
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"There are only two kinds of people who are really fascinating - people who know absolutely everything, and people who know absolutely nothing."
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"We confess our little faults to persuade people that we have no large ones."
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"Some people break promises for the pleasure of breaking them."
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"I do give books as gifts sometimes, when people would rather have one than a new Ferrari."
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"If something in your writing gives support to people in their lives, that's more than just entertainment-which is what we writers all struggle to do, to touch people."
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"The more complicated and powerful the job, the more rudimentary the preparation for it."
Job
"Scientists are people who build the Brooklyn Bridge and then buy it."
People
"To buy very good wine nowadays requires only money. To serve it to your guests is a sign of fatigue."
Money
"The best defense against usurpatory government is an assertive citizenry."
Government
"Liberals claim to want to give a hearing to other views, but then are shocked and offended to discover that there are other views."
Politics
"I profoundly believe it takes a lot of practice to become a moral slob."
Practice
"I get satisfaction of three kinds. One is creating something, one is being paid for it and one is the feeling that I haven't just been sitting on my ass all afternoon."
Being
"Liberals, it has been said, are generous with other peoples' money, except when it comes to questions of national survival when they prefer to be generous with other people's freedom and security."
Money
"We love your adherence to democratic principles."
Love
"There is an inverse relationship between reliance on the state and self-reliance."
Self
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