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All the blood is drained out of democracy - it dies - when only half the population votes.

~Hunter S. Thompson

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It was the Law of the Sea, they said. Civilization ends at the waterline. Beyond that, we all enter the food chain, and not always right at the top.

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Objective journalism is one of the main reasons that American politics has been allowed to be so corrupt for so long.

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Rude people will now & then ask me why I think I know so much about Politics. I tell them it's because I'm Smart... But that is a lie: The real reason is because I'm an incurable Gambling addict.

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The Edge... there is no honest way to explain it because the only people who really know where it is are the ones who have gone over.

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'Crazy' is a term of art; 'Insane' is a term of law. Remember that, and you will save yourself a lot of trouble.

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If Sunday is the Lord's day, then Saturday belongs to the Devil. It is the only night of the week when he gives out Free passes to the Late show at the Too Much Fun Club.

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The person who doesn't scatter the morning dew will not comb gray hairs.

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With the possible exception of things like box scores, race results, and stock market tabulations, there is no such thing as Objective Journalism. The phrase itself is a pompous contradiction in terms.

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If you're going to be crazy, you have to get paid for it or else you're going to be locked up.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Journalist

Born: July 18th, 1937

Died: February 20th, 2005

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