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Regretful Quotes — page 137 of 169

Terence McKenna Ethnobotanist, Philosopher, Writer
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“I have nothing but scorn for all weird ideas other than my own.”

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“You never truly understand what you are missing until you have it in your grasp and push it away.”

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Samuel Johnson Lexicographer, Essayist, Critic
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“Such seems to be the disposition of man, that whatever makes a distinction produces rivalry.”

Samuel Johnson Lexicographer, Essayist, Critic
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“Those who suppress freedom always do so in the name of law and order." - John V. Lindsay "No government power can be abused long. Mankind will not bear it.”

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Samuel Johnson Lexicographer, Essayist, Critic
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“Politics are now nothing more than means of rising in the world. With this sole view do men engage in politics, and their whole conduct proceeds upon it.”

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Samuel Johnson Lexicographer, Essayist, Critic
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“Some claim a place in the list of patriots, by an acrimonious and unremitting opposition to the court. This mark is by no means infallible. Patriotism is not necessarily included in rebellion. A man may hate his king, yet not love his country.”

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Samuel West Actor
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“Most actors are socialists, aren't they?”

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Virgil Goode Politician
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“Both candidates for president talk about balancing the budget ten years from now. Even if they win, they won't be in office then.”

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Virgil Goode Politician
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“But, you know, there's another group that really runs the show. It's very shadowy, just as you've described... Those of us in the Congress of the United States are window dressing.”

Virgil Miller Newton Author, Educator
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“Our own unresolved authority problems from our youth sometimes get transferred to our youthful patients, because we are still "covert adolescent rebels." In subtle ways, we encourage the adolescent patient to rebel towards parents, school authorities, and society in general.”

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Virginia Woolf Novelist
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“If you insist upon fighting to protect me, or 'our' country, let it be understood soberly and rationally between us that you are fighting to gratify a sex instinct which I cannot share; to procure benefits where I have not shared and probably will not share.”

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Ray Bradbury Author
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“There is too much government today. We've got to remember the government should be by the people, of the people, and for the people.”