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    Don't one of you fire until you see the whites of their eyes."N.B.: A lesser-known version of this quotation was supposedly said by Frederick the Great at Prague in 1757: "By push of bayonets, no firing till you see the whites of their eyes. - Battle of Bunker Hill, 1775.

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The most fundamental fact about the ideas of the political left is that they do not work. Therefore we should read more

The most fundamental fact about the ideas of the political left is that they do not work. Therefore we should not be surprised to find the left concentrated in institutions where ideas do not have to work in order to survive.

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What right does Congress have to go around making laws just because they deem it necessary?

What right does Congress have to go around making laws just because they deem it necessary?

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I love deadlines. I especially like the whooshing sound they make as they go flying by.

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The tendency of democracies is, in all things, to mediocrity, since the tastes, knowledge, and principles of the majority form read more

The tendency of democracies is, in all things, to mediocrity, since the tastes, knowledge, and principles of the majority form the tribunal of appeal.

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Justice is a concept. Muscle is the reality.

Justice is a concept. Muscle is the reality.

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It's time for the human race to enter the solar system.

It's time for the human race to enter the solar system.

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Socialism in general has a record of failure so blatant that only an intellectual could ignore or evade it.

Socialism in general has a record of failure so blatant that only an intellectual could ignore or evade it.

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