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Rich Lowry Political Commentator
Politics

"No matter the good news anywhere else, these nuke-hungry rogue states will provide grounds for bad-mouthing Bush foreign policy."

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Politics

"Trust him to have his bitter politics Against his unacquaintances the rich Who sleep in houses of their own, though mortgaged. Conservatives, they don't know what to save."

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Robin Morgan Feminist, Writer
Politics

"guilt politics ... I regard as conveniently paralyzing, ripe for backlash defensiveness, counterproductive, and boring."

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Ronald Reagan Politician, Actor
Politics

"Could there be anything but widespread misery, where a privileged few controlled a nation's wealth, while millions labored for a pittance, and millions more were desperate for want of employment?"

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Ronald Reagan Politician, Actor
Politics

"Today a newcomer to the state is automatically eligible for our many aid programs the moment he crosses the border."

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Ronald Reagan Politician, Actor
Politics

"Our forbearance should never be misunderstood. Our reluctance for conflict should not be misjudged as a failure of will. When action is required to preserve our national security, we will act."

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Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. Physician, Poet, Essayist
Politics

"The Indian is but a sketch in red crayon of a rudimental manhood. To the problem of his relation to the white race, there is one solution: extermination."

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Napoleon Bonaparte Military Leader, Emperor
Politics

"A true master of politics is able to calculate, down to the smallest fraction, the advantages to which he may put his very faults."

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