"Meet them halfway with love, peace, and persuasion, and expect them to rise for the occasion."
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"Are you better off today than you were four years ago?"
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"If the book be false in its facts, disprove them; if false in its reasoning, refute it. But, for God's sake, let us freely hear both sides, if we choose."
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"Avoid any specific discussion of public policy at public meetings."
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"It is not enough to conquer; one must learn to seduce."
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"You were given the choice between war and dishonor. You chose dishonor and you will have war."
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"A heavy progressive or graduated income tax."
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"Study the Constitution. Let it be preached from the pulpit, proclaimed in legislatures, and enforced in courts of justice."
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"The Empress is legitimate, my cousin is Republican, Morny is Orleanist, I am a socialist; the only Bonapartist is Persigny, and he is mad."
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"There are no true friends in politics."
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"Never murder a man when he's busy committing suicide."
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"Evil when we are in its power is not felt as evil but as a necessity, or even a duty."
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"The uniformity and obedience of the media, which any dictator would admire..."
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"In politics, a lie unanswered becomes truth within 24 hours."
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"The unpleasant sound Bush is emitting as he traipses from one conservative gathering to another is a thin, tinny "arf" - the sound of a lap dog."
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"Maybe democrats will eventually turn on Obamacare when they realize you might need a photo I.D. to participate in the program."
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"Members of Congress should be compelled to wear uniforms like NASCAR drivers, so we could identify their corporate sponsors."
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"...without equality there can be no democracy."
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"You cannot help the poor by destroying the rich. You cannot lift the wage earner by pulling down the wage payer."
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"A week is a long time in politics."
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