"I said that this would be a Budget based on prudence for a purpose and that guides us also in our approach to public spending."
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"I am glad my life is coming to an end. To think that it might last another five hundred years, now that would be terrible, in my case."
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"A superficial education would be worse than none. But a full education would open every man's eyes to the nature of human existence."
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"I'd actually love to think that I could trust Kerry on national security. But the only way I could do that, at this point, would be via self-delusion."
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"Imagine what things would be like if the news media actually sided with civilization."
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"A war with Pakistan would be an utter disaster."
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"I still think, despite everything, that the US is very unlikely to attack Iran. It could be a huge catastrophe; nobody knows what the consequences would be. I imagine that only an administration that's really desperate would resort to that."
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"That is [Edward Said] proposal as to how the term should be used. It surely does not describe those who are called "intellectuals" in standard usage, as he would be the first to agree."
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"In a democracy the day when you pay your taxes, April 15, would be a day of celebration, because you're getting together to provide resources for the programs you decided on."
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"Evolutionary theory has nothing to say, in general, as to whether cheating is more advantageous than cooperating. There are many circumstances in which the contrary would be true, and empirical evidence, though it exists, has little bearing on real situations."
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"There are a lot of things that can be done within the framework of existing institutions which would be very valuable for people."
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"Private companies can make a personal profile, direct you to things - they will say - that you would be interested in, but that's their choice not your choice."
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"If our minds could get hold of one abstract truth, they would be immortal so far as that truth is concerned. My trouble is to find out how we can get hold of the truth at all."
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"If you would be chaste, you must be temperate."
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"We should seek to be fellow students with the pupil, and should learn of, as well as with him, if we would be most helpful to him."
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"One piece of good sense would be more memorable than a monument as high as the moon."
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"It would be worth the while if in each town there were a committee appointed to see that the beauty of the town received no detriment. If we have the largest boulder in the county, then it should not belong to an individual, nor be made into door-steps."
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"If I were confined to a corner of a garret all my days, like a spider, the world would be just as large to me while I had my thoughts about me."
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"Actually, the laboring man has not leisure for a true integrity day by day; he cannot afford to sustain the manliest relations tomen; his labor would be depreciated in the market. He has no time to be anything but a machine."
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"One who knew how to appropriate the true value of this world would be the poorest man in it. The poor rich man! all he has is whathe has bought."
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