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Barack Obama hopes his famous health care victory will mark him as a transformative president. History, however, may judge it to have been his missed opportunity to be one.

~George Will

Topics: Barack Barack Obama Been Care Famous Health Health Care Him His History Hopes However Judge Mark May Missed Obama Opportunity President Transformative Victory Will

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Only recently - about five minutes ago, relative to the long-running human comedy - have parents been driving themselves to distraction by taking too seriously the idea that 'as the twig is bent the tree's inclined.'

~George Will

Topics: About Been Bent Comedy Distraction Driving Five Human Idea Inclined Minutes Only Parents Recently Relative Seriously Taking Themselves Too Tree Twig

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Since the emergence of the Republican Party, only two Democratic presidents, Franklin Roosevelt and John Kennedy, have been followed by Democrats, and both FDR and JFK died in office, so their successors ran as incumbents.

~George Will

Topics: Been Both Democratic Democrats Died Emergence Followed Franklin Franklin Roosevelt John Kennedy Office Only Party Presidents Ran Republican Republican Party Roosevelt Since Two Jfk

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Populism has had as many incarnations as it has had provocations, but its constant ingredient has been resentment, and hence whininess. Populism does not wax in tranquil times; it is a cathartic response to serious problems. But it always wanes because it never seems serious as a solution.

~George Will

Topics: Always Because Been Cathartic Constant Does Had Hence Ingredient Many Never Problems Resentment Response Seems Serious Solution Times Tranquil Wax

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During practically all of my public life, I have been a sincere advocate of an agreement between the leading nations of the world to set up all the necessary international machinery that would bring about a practical abolition of war between civilized nations.

~George William Norris

Topics: Abolition About Advocate Agreement Been Between Bring Civilized International Leading Life Machinery Nations Necessary Practical Practically Public Public Life Set Sincere Up War World Would

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In my judgment, if we had pursued this course, the zones would have been of short duration. England would have been compelled to take her mines out of the North Sea in order to get any supplies from our country.

~George William Norris

Topics: Any Been Compelled Country Course Duration England Get Had Her Judgment Mines North Order Our Out Pursued Sea Short Supplies Take Would Zone

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To my mind, what we ought to have maintained from the beginning was the strictest neutrality. If we had done this, I do not believe we would have been on the verge of war at the present time.

~George William Norris

Topics: Been Beginning Believe Done Had Maintained Mind Neutrality Ought Present Present Time Strictest Time Verge War Would

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The victors in great wars have always been spiritually defeated by the conquered.

~George William Russell

Topics: Always Been Conquered Defeated Great Spiritually Victors Wars

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What I'm going to be given I gather is not the key to the city, which in many cities is the case. It's the freedom medal, and for me freedom has always been associated traditionally within the city.

~George Woodcock

Topics: Always Associated Been Case Cities City Freedom Gather Given Going Key Many Me Medal Which Within

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I suppose I'm led to do so by the fact of what happened to my contemporaries - people whom I've admired, people who I thought were ten times better than me when I was in my twenties and early thirties. I may have been right.

~George Woodcock

Topics: Admired Been Better Contemporaries Early Fact Happened Led May Me People Right Suppose Ten Ten Times Than Thirties Thought Times Twenties Were Who Whom

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