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"There is a fulness of time when men should go, and not occupy too long the ground to which others have a right to advance."
"Fear is your friend. It is an indicator. Sometimes it shows you what you shouldn't do, more often than not it shows you what you should do."
"If you really care about content, you should pay for it."
"Banking types should take their cue from Gordon Gekko. Or pick the best-looking banker in their firm and copy him."
"I don't think journalists should talk about whom they're voting for."
"I don't think anybody should ever touch anybody in anger, ever."
"We're going to prevent politics from abusing the parliament and going off playing politics around the country when they should be here at work."
"Love should be allowed. I’m all for it. Now that I’ve got a pretty good idea what it is."
"I am being ripped off, because I've never lied to the press. Just as much truth I bring to my work, a journalist should bring that much truth to their work."
"I really should come with a warning label."
"Governors should be defined not just by what they do and say, but who they surround themselves with."
"Speech devoted to truth should be straightforward and plain"
"It is to the interest of the commonwealth of mankind that there should be someone who is unconquered, someone against whom fortune has no power."
"Who needs forgiveness, should the same extend with readiness."
"Who can hope for nothing, should despair for nothing."
"Our words should aim not to please, but to help."
"Every day, therefore, should be regulated as if it were the one that brings up the rear, the one that rounds out and completes our lives."
"I'm not one to blame anyone else for anything. And I don't think anyone else should either."
"The very fact that it might not work is precisely why you should and must do this."