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"Since far fewer people are recruited to serve in a voluntary military, the connection between America and its military is increasingly tenuous and less personal."
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"We should not judge people by their peak of excellence; but by the distance they have traveled from the point where they started."

"I believe that in every country the people themselves are more peaceably and liberally inclined than their governments."

"A lot of people are afraid of heights. Not me, I'm afraid of widths."

"People generally quarrel because they cannot argue."

"How long most people would look at the best book before they would give the price of a large turbot for it?"

"I find that most people know what a story is until they sit down to write one."

"I am confident that, in the end, common sense and justice will prevail. I'm an optimist, brought up on the belief that if you wait to the end of the story, you get to see the good people live happily ever after."
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"As long as we're dependent on those fossil fuels, we're dependent on the Middle East. If we are not victims, we're certainly captives."

"Americans have an expectation that the Postal Service will abide by its well-known, although unofficial, motto - a commitment to deliver."

"Now that this legislation has passed the House, I look forward to the vote in the Senate that will bring us to Conference, where we can resolve any outstanding issues and make this postal reform reality - for the Postal Service and for all Americans."

"Since far fewer people are recruited to serve in a voluntary military, the connection between America and its military is increasingly tenuous and less personal."
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