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Giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys.

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Cleanliness becomes more important when godliness is unlikely.

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The Democrats are the party that says government will make you smarter, taller, richer, and remove the crabgrass on your lawn. The Republicans are the party that says government doesn't work and then they get elected and prove it.

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Anyway, no drug, not even alcohol, causes the fundamental ills of society. If we're looking for the source of our troubles, we shouldn't test people for drugs, we should test them for stupidity, ignorance, greed and love of power.

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Some people have facts; these can be proven. Some people have theories; these can be disproven. But people with opinions are mindless and have their minds made up about it.

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In Henry Adams, I discovered not only the prototype of the modern thinker but also someone who is more interesting: a viper-toothed, puling, supercilious crank, thwarted in ambition, aging gracelessly, mad at the cosmos, and ashamed of his own jejune ideals. He is nevertheless very dear to me.

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Hubris is one of the great renewable resources.

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Politicians are wonderful people as long as they stay away from things they don't understand, such as working for a living.

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I am a student of stupidity. I am a political reporter.

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Globalization is simply opening the free marketplace to encompass the entire world.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Comedian

Born: November 14th, 1947

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