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"Politicians look for interests not people."

"And they that rule in England, in stately conclaves met, alas, alas for England they have no graves as yet."

"I believe the term is 'eminent domain.'Ah, yes. That means 'theft by the government."

"Political or military commentators, like astrologers, can survive almost any mistake, because their more devoted followers do not look to them for an appraisal of the facts but for the stimulation of nationalistic loyalties."

"If you have to say or do something controversial, aim so that people will hate that they love it and not love that they hate it."
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"Every age develops its own peculiar forms of pathology, which express in exaggerated form its underlying character structure."

"The news appeals to the same jaded appetite that makes a child tire of a toy as soon as it becomes familiar and demand a new one in its place."

"The left has lost touch with popular opinion, thereby making it possible for the right to present itself as the party of common sense."

"Information, usually seen as the precondition of debate, is better understood as its by-product."

"The attempt to redefine the family as a purely voluntary arrangement grows out of the modern delusion that people can keep all their options open all the time."

"Because politics rests on an irreducible measure of coercion, it can never become a perfect realm of perfect love and justice."

"Environmentalism opposes reckless innovation and makes conservation the central order of business."

"A growing awareness of the depth of popular attachment to the family has led some liberals to concede that family is not just a buzzword for reaction."
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