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All emphasis in American prisons is on punishment, retribution, and disparagement, and almost none is on rehabilitation.

~Conrad Black

Topics: Almost American Emphasis None Prisons Punishment Rehabilitation Retribution

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From the early Seventies to the mid-Eighties, I approached Rome at a snail's pace. Having concluded that God existed, I could not seriously entertain the thought of not trying to be in contact with Him.

~Conrad Black

Topics: Concluded Contact Could Early Entertain Existed God Having Him Pace Rome Seriously Seventies Snail Thought Trying

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Guerrilla wars, and even more so terrorist assaults, are conducted only by forces with insufficient strength to carry out a real war.

~Conrad Black

Topics: Carry Even Forces Guerrilla Insufficient More Only Out Real Strength Terrorist War Wars

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The argument of socialists, that people really want to share, beyond a reasonable level of charity, is rubbish, though it is espoused by a lot of rich, pious hypocrites who want to share only enough to avoid widespread starvation, mob violence, and government seizure of more of their incomes.

~Conrad Black

Topics: Argument Avoid Beyond Charity Enough Government Hypocrites Incomes Level Lot Mob More Only People Pious Really Reasonable Rich Rubbish Seizure Share Socialists Starvation Though Violence Want Who Widespread

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I am proud of being in a U.S. federal prison and surviving it.

~Conrad Black

Topics: Am Being Federal Prison Proud Surviving I Am

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There are some people whose opinion I value and respect and it would be very bothersome if I forfeited their respect. But the general public? I'm not preoccupied with the opinions of others.

~Conrad Black

Topics: General General Public Opinion Opinions Others People Preoccupied Public Respect Some Some People Value Very Whose Would

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The United States is a proud, determined, hard-working, talented, patriotic nation and people, and it is not over-extended in the manner of empires of the past that took over the lands of others and eventually collapsed under the weight of the over-ambitious hegemon.

~Conrad Black

Topics: Collapsed Determined Empires Eventually Hard-Working Lands Manner Nation Others Over Past Patriotic People Proud States Talented Took United United States Weight

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I do not at all have the mind of a bully... in my mind bullies are intolerant of contrary opinion, domineering and rather cowardly. I would hope that none of those terms could be fairly used in describing me.

~Conrad Black

Topics: Bullies Bully Contrary Could Cowardly Describing Fairly Hope Intolerant Me Mind None Opinion Rather Terms Those Used Would

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I made 50 million bucks yesterday. That's a flameout I could get used to.

~Conrad Black

Topics: Bucks Could Get Made Million Used Yesterday

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I don't go around trying to stir up foreign wars.

~Conrad Black

Topics: Around Foreign Go Stir Trying Up Wars

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Biography

Nationality: British

Type: Businessman

Born: August 25th, 1944

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