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"I think we do need a Constitutional amendment to take the profit out of politics by imposing term limits."

"All reform except a moral one will prove unavailing."

"All violence demands reform, and all violence desperately begs to be healed."

"The unions and the auto companies have been unable to put a deal together that fundamentally restructures the industry. It needs to get done. The only way it's really going to get done is in bankruptcy court. They should have done it six months ago they should do it now."

"Whether you are from Minnesota, Wisconsin or any other Northern tier state, you are not going to like the reimbursement formula. The problem we face is that we wouldn't have that formula if a majority of the states didn't like it, and they have the majority of the votes."
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"Between the happening of a historical process and its recognition by rulers, a lag stretches, full of pitfalls."

"Advice to young Samuel Gompers that might apply in many other areas: "Learn from socialism, but don't join it."

"Books are ... companions, teachers, magicians, bankers of the treasures of mind. Books are humanity in print."

"One English nobleman and statesman read and reread a particular work of literature because it was "the only book which allowed him to forget politics."

"Why, since folly or perversity is expected of individuals, should we expect anything else from government?"
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