"Vote: the instrument and symbol of a freeman's power to make a fool of himself and a wreck of his country."

Power, Country, Fool, Symbol

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"Vote: the instrument and symbol of a freeman's power to make a fool of himself and a wreck of his country."

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"The soul fire determines the strength of the spirit."

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"The strongest and most effective force in guaranteeing the long-term maintenance of power is not violence in all the forms deployed by the dominant to control the dominated, but consent in all the forms in which the dominated acquiesce in their own domination."

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"The shield of faith is sword to conquer every fear."

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"When God created man and woman, he was thinking, 'Who shall I give the power to, to give birth to the next human being?' And God chose woman. And this is the big evidence that women are powerful."

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"Women and foxes being weak are distinguished by superior tact."

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"Life - a spiritual pickle preserving the body from decay."

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"Duty - that which sternly impels us in the direction of profit, along the line of desire."

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"Prejudice is a vagrant opinion without visible means of support."

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"Experience - the wisdom that enables us to recognise in an undesirable old acquaintance the folly that we have already embraced."

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"Prejudice - a vagrant opinion without visible means of support."

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"Painting n: the art of protecting flat surfaces from the weather and exposing them to the critic."

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"Bigot: One who is obstinately and zealously attached to an opinion that you do not entertain."

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"An egotist is a person of low taste - more interested in himself than in me."

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"Admiration: Our polite recognition of another man's resemblance to ourselves."

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