John F. Kennedy
Politician
"Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names."
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George Carlin
Comedian, Actor
"I was thinking about how people seem to read the Bible a whole lot more as they get older; then it dawned on me . . they’re cramming for their final exam."
Steven Wright
Comedian
"The early bird gets the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese"
Che Guevara
Revolutionary, Guerrilla Leader
"Silence is argument carried out by other means."
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Military Leader, Politician
"A people that values its privileges above its principles soon loses both."
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"The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter."
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"Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will find a way around the laws."
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"Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake."
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"If you want to tell people the truth, make them laugh, otherwise they'll kill you."
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"There are no facts, only interpretations."
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"Let us never forget that government is ourselves and not an alien power over us. The ultimate rulers of our democracy are not a President and Senators and Congressmen and Government officials but the voters of this country."
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"I would challenge you to a battle of wits, but I see you are unarmed!"
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"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing."
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"A good speech should be like a woman's skirt: long enough to cover the subject and short enough to create interest"
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"All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident."
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"Some people have no idea what they're doing, and a lot of them are really good at it."
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"A lot of people are afraid of heights. Not me, I'm afraid of widths."
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"The only way to keep your health is to eat what you don't want, drink what you don't like, and do what you'd rather not."
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"After one look at this planet any visitor from outer space would say 'I want to see the manager.'"
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"In America, anyone can become president. That's the problem."
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"We learn from experience that men never learn anything from experience."
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"Today a young man on acid realized that all matter is merely energy condensed to a slow vibration, that we are all one consciousness experiencing itself subjectively, there is no such thing as death, life is only a dream, and we are the imagination of ourselves. Here's Tom with the Weather."
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"If the black box flight recorder is never damaged during a plane crash, why isn’t the whole airplane made out of that stuff?"
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"Everything has been figured out, except how to live."
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"It is far better to grasp the universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring."
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