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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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"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."
"To buy very good wine nowadays requires only money. To serve it to your guests is a sign of fatigue."
"Life can't be all bad when for ten dollars you can buy all the Beethoven sonatas and listen to them for ten years."
"One must bear in mind that the expansion of federal activity is a form of eating for politicians."
"It seems to me that the idea traditionally defended of endeavoring to maintain existing ethnic balances simply doesn't work any more."
"Even if one takes every reefer madness allegation of the prohibitionists at face value, marijuana prohibition has done far more harm to far more people than marijuana ever could."
"One can't doubt that the American objective in Iraq has failed - different plans have to be made. And the kernel here is the acknowledgement of defeat."
"I would like to electrocute everyone who uses the word "fair" in connection with income tax policies."
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"We confess our little faults to persuade people that we have no large ones."
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